The advantage of a civilization that has existed long enough and that the historical materials are detailed and rich is that if there is really that kind of talent, then there is nothing new under the sun.

The Ming Dynasty said that it was by sea and land, but the soldiers surrounded Seoul, how many people were there in total? And how many defenders are there?

Yin Yuanheng had the advantage of geography and troops, but he never dared to go out of the city to resist the enemy, and he had already exposed everything: he couldn't afford any defeat at all.

Defend the city, as long as the city is not broken, even if you win, you can still hold it.

In his judgment, in the case that the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, it would be defeated if it went out of the city and retreated to the enemy.

In the face of such an opponent, Zhang Jing had no pressure.

Although the Ming Dynasty is strong, North Korea is not very weak.

Yin Yuanheng didn't even dare to break this situation, it only showed that the city was now relying on strong pressure.

There is only one fuse left for a complete change in the situation.

The previous Great Killing Shilin Sect did not achieve this.

In the final analysis, can those Shilin factions in official positions, as well as generals and ordinary people in the city, urinate in the same pot?

Everyone is fundamentally a different class.

"It's worse than before the restructuring of the Ming Army, and the vast majority of them are conscripted into the army." Zhang Jing said to Song Liangchen again, "What about Master Wang? All recruits. It's cold, so shout louder during drills. Tell everyone that the expedition will have extra pay, and there will be a reward if you win. Now the longer you hold on, the more extra money you have, and you can still rely on momentum and strategy alone to win all the tails. Therefore, it is necessary to shout the bright spots, so that the defenders in the city know that the morale of the king division is not reduced! ”

Some soldiers were sent to help build and defend Incheon Fortress and the shipping routes, but there were still more than 20,000 troops outside Seoul.

Among the more than 20,000 "troops", the elite recruits of the Ming Dynasty really belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact there were only 6,000 marines from the Jiliao Border Region and 2,000 marines from the Beiyang Maritime Division. The remaining more than 10,000 actually belong to the Great Wall Company and the Shipping Bureau, and they only do tasks such as momentum and logistics here.

Coupled with the other Ming forces in Pyongan Province and Hwanghae Province, the total is less than one-third of the remaining forces of North Korea. The total number of standing elite troops dispatched by the Ming Dynasty to North Korea is only 15,000.

But so many people came over in the new drill of the Ming army.

Nowadays, in order to maintain morale and keep out the cold, the drill is to rehearse the advance and retreat of the military formation, and to walk and walk.

The problem is that the momentum is completely different.

"One-two-three-four-set!"

"Left and right whistles, the Mandarin Duck Plum Blossom Array is scattered!"

"Three drums before the war!"

"Knock knock knock-", "Fight for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Knock knock knock-", "Loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to Your Majesty!" ”

"Knock knock-", "Defend the people, win the battle bravely!" ”

Thinking of the words passed on by the generals before, the ordinary recruiters of the Ming Dynasty were happy in their hearts.

It turned out that the siege was not attacked so that they could get more extra money to go on the expedition. Indeed, an extra month is an extra five cents of silver.

Although it is not as good as other military merits that can be earned in Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road before, at least it is not dangerous.

If you take Seoul just like this, isn't it an immortal achievement to break through the enemy's capital? Daming has not had such a great achievement for many years.

Therefore, the generals of the defenders of Seoul looked at the Ming army outside the city with a blank face, and changed their new tricks.

The city drilled, and the shouts shook the sky.

This is not the previous three directions, there were only two or three hundred "spies on each side" of the enemy, shouting in Korean words that made the people in the city unstable. This is an army of more than 10,000 people, sometimes hundreds of people shouting slogans, sometimes all the armies of the three directions shouting in unison as if they were answering each other.

This sound, the sound of war drums on the city wall could not be suppressed.

Most of them couldn't understand what they were shouting, only that they could hear the momentum.

Is it today? Is the big one coming?

It's a pity that it's just a drill.

And the drill was very scary: the elite soldiers of the heavily armed bird and mandarin duck formations also engaged in cross-country training around the camp, and the military faces passed neatly outside the city wall.

Mistakenly thinking that this was the three walls of the attack, the defenders had fired arrows.

In return, there are a few shots that will be there every day. The cannonballs all flew over the training team from the air and hit the city wall more than a mile away. It's too far away to hurt enough, but it's torturous.

On the first day when Zhang Jing and Song Liangchen changed their routines, the defenders of Seoul were frightened and always on guard against the approaching decisive battle.

The next day, Queen Wending felt more and more in need of stimulation and paralysis, and Pu Yu was hollowed out.

On the third day, the Ming army seemed to be tired of this, shouting more and more skillfully, and even the soldiers in the north and west of the city sang a military song.

The weather is naturally getting colder, but the enemy army is getting more and more lively, and the defenders have been nervous for a long time, so the taste is naturally different.

On the fourth day, Yin Yuanheng's face was colorless: the three directions took turns to relay, and this time the Ming army was often thousands of people shouting together, and they could no longer be disturbed by any sound.

It seems to be a newly learned Korean dialect, and the content of the shouting is: The Ming army defends the people and comes to North Korea to rescue the brothers. After besieging Seoul for several months, it's not that we can't win!

He didn't know who translated for Ming Jun, but the words he shouted were catchy and rhyming.

The entire sky over Seoul reverberated with the chanting of the Great Ming Demon.

On the fifth day, there were a few more words.

[If you win the battle, you won't enter the city, you won't rob money, you won't rob people! 】

[When an official doesn't care whether the people live or die, it's better to throw it into the big oil pot! ] 】

"We are paid as soldiers, and you have your own clothing and food. At the moment of the war, you are blocking, and the general will flee to the east. 】

【……】

In Gyeongbokgung Palace, no one has a good face.

"It can't be like this anymore!" One of the generals said indignantly, "I am willing to fight, so that they cannot be fooled so without scruples!" ”

The voice is still coming from afar: [After besieging Seoul for several months, it's not that we can't win......]

This session of the Korean civil and military forces has never fought such a battle.

Everyone is a man, and they are close to each other!

In the past, these tricks were only used against the other party's decision-makers.

Divisive.

There are also some people who can still stay here today, and there are some people with a high level of education. They had a heavy heart and remembered the story of the "embattled" in the Chinese classics.

Now the Ming army is dividing the Korean generals and soldiers, the Korean civil and military officials and ordinary people.

Did it work?

I'm afraid it's useful......

Yin Yuanheng said categorically: "No! Provoked you to go out of the city to fight, isn't that their trick? If Storm can really win easily, why bother? So many soldiers are on an expedition here, and they don't need money to fire empty cannons every day? Tens of thousands of people don't have money for food and clothing? A fortified city like Seoul, they just want to cause chaos in the city because they can't storm it! They can't even surround the city on all sides and cut off the food and grass in the city, otherwise, wouldn't it be easier to cause chaos? ”

【…… The current battle is blocked, and the general escapes from the east ......]

After he finished speaking, another such sentence came, and the scene looked very embarrassing.

It's as if to explain that you all have your own minds in mind, and that many of you have been planning to abandon the city and flee in case the war goes badly, leaving you with a way out.

Anyway, if you escape, and the Ming army comes to defend the city, will you still be able to capture it? The big thing is decided.

"Lord Lingzheng, it is indeed not a way to go on like this." Another general said, "At least some of the food that has just been brought in should be fed by the soldiers." The Ming army changed their methods again, and no one knew if they would divide their troops to cut off the grain route in the east. ”

“…… This phase will be arranged! ”

Although Yin Yuanheng nodded, he was a little depressed in his heart.

What needs to be guaranteed more now is the civil and military officials who are pressed by him in the city. Naturally, the morale of the army cannot be chaotic, but the families of these officials, big and small, and their relatives also need to ensure food supply.

If you can't even guarantee them, then it's going to be chaos right away.

As for the rest of the civilian population...... It's besieged, it's fighting, and if you don't starve to death, you already have to burn high incense.

Fortunately, now the Ming army does not know whether it is because of the lack of troops, or because it is afraid that it will be dangerous to divide the troops to surround the east and meet in other directions. If the defenders cut off the north and west, there will also be big problems with their grain and grass transport.

Yin Yuanheng thought about it and could only be like this, so he cheered again: "Food is not a problem!" Tyrant Ming can't surround us on all sides at all, so he can only try to scare us. They had to hold the north and west, and the remaining forces could barely surround the south. On these three sides, the city wall was originally built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the best to attack was the east. But since the grain route from Gangwon Province to Gyeonggi Province is unimpeded, as long as everyone is united, Seoul will never be broken! ”

Allowing the Ming army to change their routines again, Yin Yuanheng's sister and brother still struggled to maintain the stability of the civil and military directions during the defense of the city and the war.

This confrontation has been going on for so long, and everyone seems to have gotten used to it.

Even if the Ming army changed its routines again, it was still just shouting after all.

It is said that ten rules are encircled. Although the Ming army was stronger, with such a small number of troops, it always allowed the grain route east of Seoul to be unblocked, except that it could not be done, and the Korean civil and military forces could not think of any other reason.

They are accustomed to being powerful, and it is indeed easy for them to ignore the suffering of so many lowly civilians in Seoul.

There is always grain coming in at the east gate, where does the grain go?

"Can't buy it! Food prices have risen sixfold, and I still can't buy ......"

It is only allowed to go out at a few points to buy some necessities, but food is becoming more and more difficult to buy.

It can't be said that Yin Yuanheng didn't arrange these things, he managed the sub-people in sections, and ordered some grain to sell those grain stores to every household led by Xu to buy them in a centralized manner, but where can he control the details of the actual operation?

How many big families are there just in case?

In addition to the military rations directly arranged and the families of important officials, the grain that flows into the civilian population can really be bought by ordinary people, and the price is ridiculously high.

Obviously, the east is still unblocked, but because of the fear that the people in the city will flee out, there is no civilian power available during the bitter battle later, and the ordinary people in the city are not allowed to go out of the city at all.

In the past, there were still fields around Seoul, and many families in the city had relatives outside the city, so they could send food and vegetables to reduce the cost of living.

Last year, when there was a great chaos, many people from outside the city fled to the city. In the past, it was just small families begging for a living and earning more money in the city, and the number of people who opened their mouths to eat at home increased.

Now I can't go out, the fields outside are barren and there is no harvest, and there is not much place in the city to grow, where does the food come from?

Seeing that the rice jar at home had bottomed out, his wife panicked and said, "Dad, dad of the child, you can buy it...... The owner of his ......"

"I want to give the Yamen Master benefits, and I can buy them all when I am brought there, I know!" The man was indignant, "Those things were handed over to him to be used, and they were only exchanged for such a little money, and the benefits have been given to him!" What else can we give him? ”

"Then let me go to Master Park's house!" His wife's eyes rippled with tears, "They said that Master Pu's family lacks servants, and there is porridge to drink." ”

"No! How can I ......"

His wife was a famous beauty in the former Seongbuk Cave, and he knew it.

married him without regrets, and just gave birth to a child for him to raise until he was two years old, although she had been farming in the north of the city in the past, it didn't make her face much older.

They fled to the city together, and relied on his past work in the city to find this hut in the owner's house to avoid trouble.

The proprietor had bought grain, but when he asked the officials in the yamen to help him pawn and exchange some of the valuable things left in the family for money, the officials saw his wife. With that look, he knew that it was actually the official who was embarrassing him.

The proprietor must not offend the Naxu official, otherwise the proprietor will not be able to buy grain.

"O child! If there is no food, what will happen to the children! Kneeling on the ground, his wife took his hand with tears in her eyes, "Just let me go." No matter what, you have to live first. I believe that you will save me in the future, and you will save me......"

Both of them know what kind of fate will happen if they sell out, but so what?

Another day, the sound echoing over Seoul was more varied.

When the Li Dynasty was first established, there was a kind of ballad among the Korean folk who were in chaos.

This kind of ballad was slowly sung and adapted, and eventually became known as "Arirang" in later generations.

At this moment, this ballad is not a future version, but it does not prevent Zhang Jing from arranging for the soldiers to learn to sing, and it can be regarded as having something to do in the boring days of siege but not attack, and maintain morale in a full state - it is also a spiritual attack, and the truth is for Song Liangchen to arrange for the soldiers to listen to in the future.

As a result, this kind of song, which was born out of the suffering of the people, conveyed the feelings of the people, and was sung among the people, echoed in the sky over Seoul.

Most of the soldiers who were conscripted also came from the people, and the fathers and sons were separated, and the husbands and wives were separated.

North Korea is still a combination of soldiers and peasants, and when they are conscripted to serve as soldiers, in addition to giving up the fields they cultivate and the families they accompany, they do have to bring their own weapons, clothes, and food when they are not really fighting. The Ming army's shouting of "We have military pay as soldiers" is a real spiritual crit. Although they should have a supply of food to stabilize the morale of the army at the moment of the war, what is all this for?

It has been surrounded for several months, and the grain road in the east has been unblocked. But under the pressure of defending the city, how can the Yin sisters and brothers, who have not taken the right position, have such great ability to take care of the livelihood of so many ordinary people in the city while defending the city?

At the moment of life and death, how much anger and dissatisfaction are still brewing in Seoul among those who pawn their wealth, those who are exploited by officials, and those who are taken advantage of by big families to buy slaves and maids?

They may be very timid, or they may be unarmed, or they may all feel that the current situation is caused by the call from Daming. However, the Ming army has besieged and not attacked for so many days, and has shouted that it will not enter the city, loot or rob people for so many days, and the grain transported in from the east gate has never stopped, why can't it buy grain at a price many times the price?

How can you survive without food?

It is true that the defenders of Seoul are still stable, and the civil and military forces of the Yin regime are indeed single-minded for the time being, but as the cold winter is coming to an end, many people who have even worn out quilts and winter clothes are feeling more and more desperate.

Finally, one day, the shouting voice of the Ming army changed again.

[New grain from Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road has arrived! ] For the livelihood of the people, the Ming Dynasty stopped the shelling and allowed the people in the city to go out of the city to buy grain at a reasonable price! 】

This time, Yin Yuanheng and many civil and military officials couldn't help but come to the city wall, looking at the battle outside the city with an ugly face.

More than a mile away, there were cars and bags of grain.

Placed there, it seems to be a small market.

There are also small figures coming and going.

They couldn't tell what they looked like or how they dressed, but the purer Korean was louder.

Could it be that the people who came here to transport grain were all traitors from Ping'an Province and Huanghai Province?

But there are more of them, no longer just one or two hundred, two or three hundred on each side of the previous one, but also tens of thousands.

"We planted new grain seeds brought by God, and we produced several times as many ......"

"Only half of the grain was harvested this year, and it was all real scale ......"

"Find someone! Get! Brother Kim Sun-min, are you still alive? ”

“……”

Yin Yuanheng's face turned green.

How could the people of the city be allowed to go up the walls? But under the city wall, there are people, helping to transport the materials for the defense of the city, helping to prepare for the rescue of the wounded, and helping to cook for the defenders.

They can hear it.

And the defenders on the city walls are even more audible and visible.

The besieging enemy army has enough food to sell?

How much of a psychological shadow will this be? Can this city really hold on?

When they go down to the city wall to rest, will they talk about it? Will this talk be spread out so that the people of the city know that what is being shouted outside the city is not a lie?

Even if they did not spread "rumors" under strict orders, the Ming Dynasty really stopped shelling from this day.

The chanting of the demons became the only signal that it was still at war, and it was a message that the Yoon regime was at a loss.

Unless all the food that is already available is released, and it is ordered to be sold at the same price.

But in that case, how many days can the defenders keep their food full every day?

What would have happened to the city otherwise?

"Lord Leader, it's not good! Oh no! ”

Someone from the robbery department, which is responsible for maintaining law and order in the city, rushed to this side: "There are too many people in the southwest, and they have all rushed to the streets. ”

"Bold! Hurry back! ”

“…… Too much, too much......"

I don't know who was already at a dead end took the lead, but the city finally became noisy. From the southwest, the cacophony eventually converges and becomes clearer, harmonizing with the outside of the city.

"We want to buy food, we want to live!"

"We're going to buy food! We want to live! ”

No matter how ruthless the officials are, they can't stand the crowd.

No matter how fierce the officers and soldiers are, they are afraid of the outlaws.

The defenders on the city walls looked at each other helplessly, and the Ming army remained there quietly, with no signs of attacking the city.

Seoul, which used to be silent, is now boiling over.

"Brothers in the city, we are all people of Ping'an Dao and Huanghai Dao, and the kingdom is really here to make decisions for us."

"There is a bumper harvest of grain, and you will not starve to death."

"There is no siege on the east side, who will lock you up and not escape?"

Across a wall, shouts from outside reached the city, and the hungry poor people came out of nowhere.

When there are many people, the courage grows.

And what they copy is what has been brainwashed for many days.

"Being an official doesn't care if the people live or die, it's better to throw it into the big oil pot!"

"Being an official doesn't care if the people live or die, it's better to throw it into the big oil pot!"

"Being an official doesn't care if the people live or die, it's better to throw it into the big oil pot!"

Hearing the gradually clear but dull and loud voice in the city, Zhang Jing showed a smile on his face and gently patted Song Liangchen's shoulder: "Don't move on three sides in the open, and secretly go east to catch the fugitive thief's men and horses, and have already sneaked into the mountains, right?" ”

Song Liangchen listened to the huge momentum in the city: "...... Just catch the fugitives? There is plenty of food in the city, and if they set fire to it......"

Or really shouted for a few months, and you are going to break this capital?

"Do you still want to set fire to the city to stop us? Even if there were, it wasn't us who set the fire, and the people in the city could see it. Zhang Jing sighed, "The general trend has gone, Master Hou hurry up to the northeast." This is the first merit of catching thieves, and it should be taken. On my side, I waited for the city gates to be opened, and first presided over the sale of grain and relief outside the city. If there is no elder leader, all the people go out of the city to greet each other, why enter the city? ”

In the city, there is indeed chaos.

What the brutal repression was like, Zhang Jing did not know, and did not have to know.

Zhang Jing didn't have to care about how the Yin regime fooled the defenders to continue to hold on, and at the same time urgently activated the escape plan that had been thought out for a long time.

As he said, he only cared about the Ming army, how to maintain order and deal with the civilians in the city who came to buy food.

Those who take the money will sell it at a low price.

If you can't come up with the money, the cauldron is already boiling porridge, so you can help a meal first.

If the image of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness does not stand this time, there will be endless troubles in the future.

In the distant city of Beijing, Zhu Houxi was making a closing speech at the first Central Committee and the founding meeting of the Datong Party.

"From today onwards, this place is officially called the Ming Tong Hall!"

"The Datong Party of the world, for the inheritance of our Chinese civilization, for the people's emperor and the Ming Dynasty, with the people's well-being, the world as the ideal, read and reason, govern the country and the people!"

"The people of the Ming Dynasty are friendly to the people of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what ethnic group, as long as they agree with the constitution of the Ming Dynasty and admire Chinese culture, they will be the people of all ethnic groups in China. When all are treated equally, they are all comrades who jointly create the world of great harmony, each performing its own duties, each in its own business, and sharing stability and prosperity! ”

"Those who are well-read all over the world, who are knowledgeable and courteous, and who agree with the purpose of the party program, should apply to join the party, show their talents, and benefit the people."

"The people of all walks of life in the world should abide by the constitution and laws, know that the country is strong, and the people will be determined, and each will be in peace."

"The officials and people of all countries in the world must know that the world is one, and blessings and disasters are related. Daming disdains hegemony, but the people want to do it! ”

"Everyone, now, you and I are comrades!"

There was no clear throne on the stage, and Zhu Houxi just stood there, pausing to look at everyone.

"Practice it, go to the ideal together, and show the ambition together. There are no regrets in this life, and the history is also famous! ”

(End of chapter)