[Vol. 1] Section 183: The Eastern Crusade of Korea

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Joseon became a kingdom when King Mu's uncle Miko became the first monarch. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Lu Xuan, the king of Yan, defected to the Xiongnu, and his general Wei Man led his troops into Korea, and in 194 BC, Wei Man established Wei Joseon. At that time, Wei Man reached an agreement with the Hui Emperor Dynasty at that time, and Joseon was a vassal minister of Han.

The current king, Wei Youqu, is the grandson of Wei Man.

When the Joseon king Wei Youqu learned of Liu Che's anger, he regretted it.

Liu Che had already intended to find fault, but now that he has a legitimate stubble, Liu Che has found it.

If there is any fault in the first place, it will naturally be handled by the Han court, Liu Che will not deal with it, you argue in the book, now you are leading troops across the border, and killing a local official without permission, isn't this tantamount to openly despising the court and despising him Liu Che?

Everyone knows that Liu Che is not easy to mess with.

The Xiongnu were defeated at his hands, Xiqiang was conquered by him, and Nanyue, Dongyue, and Southwest Yi were all flattened by him.

North Korea, in Liu Che's eyes, is just a small place, because he was busy with work before, Liu Che couldn't take care of it, but now he is just free, send someone to care about it, I didn't expect this small country to not appreciate it, and kill my minister, this is worth it? Are you North Korea or not my courtier? What is this system?

Liu Che believes that it is urgent to teach them a lesson!

While Liu Che issued the recruitment order, he was also thinking about the generals who would unify the army.

Although there is no war this year, however, Liu Che has not many generals available, Xiqiang, Dongyue, and South Vietnam have just made trouble, and the generals he can fight are all involved in maintaining stability there. To send them out of the crusade is not conducive to stability. Moreover, the supply of troops and food and salaries are also a big problem.

Although Wei Qing was idle at home, Liu Che categorically would not let him lead troops to the expedition out of his own selfishness.

After some thought, he finally made a decision, the generals of the western and northern fronts could not move, and the generals who participated in the pacification of South Vietnam and East Vietnam, General Lou Chuan, led the troops out of the Bohai Sea, and Xun Yu, the captain of the Taiyuan people, appointed the left general to go out of Liaodong, and advanced by land and water.

Lou Chuan General Yang Fu, before serving as Lou Chuan General, has been supervising the princes outside the Guan, because of the excellent work, Liu Che appointed as the Lou Chuan General, and then went to South Vietnam, East Vietnam, repeatedly made military exploits, and was awarded the title of "Guanwai Hou".

"Guanwai Hou" is a new invention of Liu Che, Liu Che's explanation is that there are too many Guannei Hou, you are born outside the Guan, so you go to be a "Guanwai Hou", which shows Liu Che's different view of him.

During the conquest of South Vietnam, his warships were ten feet high and traveled along the river, causing great casualties to the rebels.

Now, he has been ordered to go east, and Liu Che has enough confidence in him.

Liu Che gave him 50,000 soldiers, but these 50,000 soldiers and death row prisoners accounted for a large area, Liu Che hoped that he could lead a nest of bear soldiers to fight the majesty and momentum of a big man.

Joseon Wang Wei Youqu is not a bad breed, he learned that the Han army was attacking, although he was frightened, but he did not panic, he ordered all parts of the country to be strictly defended, and secretly arranged troops, and did everything that should be done.

"Come on, Liu Che, I'll wait for you."

Yang Fu had already led his troops into Qidi, and he took the lead and personally led the vanguard army of 7,000 men to cross the sea first, while the rest of the troops set off a few days later.

Yang Fu has this courage, one is to test the truth, and the other is to boost morale. When the three armies go out to fight, the generals use their lives, which is more useful than any slogan.

Yang Fu didn't know much about the country of Korea, and he couldn't know for sure how their water battles, land battles, troops, and generals were.

But Yang Fu is an experienced general, he knows that the most dangerous thing on the battlefield is to open his eyes and smear the dark, Liaodong is an extremely cold place, many soldiers are death row prisoners, and many of them have never held a knife, let alone go to the sea, and they have to kill people later.

His idea is very simple, the forward army is forward, take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Koreans, drag them down, and then the large army goes ashore, if the forward army wins, the large army does not have to break the muscles and bones, if the forward army is defeated, the main force is still there, he can obtain first-hand information from the battlefield that is conducive to command.

The left general Xun Yu learned that Yang Fushui's army had gone to sea, and also issued an order to cross the Hunshui (Yalu River).

Wei Youqu actually didn't know that the Han army was advancing by land and water, and he had no more information except that the Han army had sent troops to attack, so he concentrated his forces on the dangerous land routes.

Therefore, when Xun Yu crossed the river and encountered resistance, Yang Fu's army was smooth sailing.

As the saying goes, a boat travels for one day, and a horse runs for three days.

Yang Fu still connected the fire with Wei Youqu's army before Xun Yu.

Yang Fu attacked all the way and soon reached the city of Wangxian (Pyongyang).

Wei Youqu's preparation for many days played a role, although Yang Fu's water army suddenly fell from the sky, but in the first confrontation, Yang Fu did not take advantage of it at all.

The battle situation was not as smooth as Yang Fu expected, and Yang Fu suddenly felt his face gloomy. So he made a desperate bet and pressed all his forces to the city.

However, he ignores one fact.

It was the elite of Korea who defended the royal city, and his troops were only improvised patchwork, and they were far away, with few troops, and they flew across the sea.

One is exhausted, the other is ready to work.

The fortifications of the city were also particularly strong.

Yang Fu's soldiers fell in round after round of siege.

Yang Fu was red-eyed, the situation was very unfavorable, and he still did not give the order to retreat. Maybe in his eyes, the one who fell was the one who deserved to die, so why be stingy.

The divisions of King Qin from all over Korea continued to join the battle, and the soldiers and civilians in the city shared the same hatred for the enemy.

As the battle dragged on, Yang Fu gradually faced a situation of being outnumbered.

Yang Fu finally couldn't hold it anymore, and he was extremely unwilling to order the withdrawal of troops, saying that he was withdrawing, but in fact he was fleeing.

He fled into the mountains and held on to help.

General Zuo's march was not smooth, and he was constantly harassed all the way, and he fought several battles with the Korean army, but there was no advantage to take advantage of.

It seems that Wei Youqu really has two hits.

Yang Fu drilled the ravines for more than ten days in a row, and when the situation eased a little, he came out in embarrassment, collected the remnants, and prepared to fight again in the coming day.

Changan.

Liu Che slammed the North Korean war report to the ground.

Isn't that a slap in his ear? Not even a small North Korea can be taken. The descendants of General Yan are really fierce, and they have two hits.

The expedition didn't work, Liu Che's troops could no longer be sent, and the generals couldn't be transferred. At this time, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the war on the Western Front broke out again, Loulan was instigated by the Xiongnu to kill the Han envoys, and the countries of the Western Regions have not been very obedient recently.

Liu Che has already sent Zhao Ponu and other generals out, so there are almost no generals to send, and there are no soldiers to shoot.

Liu Che played the political card, since the military situation was unfavorable, it was better to persuade North Korea to surrender. Judging from Wei Youqu's performance, this benevolent brother is a smart person, and he should be able to think of how powerful it is.

Liu Che appointed Weishan to go to North Korea.

Wei Youqu saw the envoy Wei Shan, and knew Wei Shan's intention, and he immediately expressed his willingness to surrender. Wei Youqu is indeed a smart person, he killed people with passion for a while, and made a big mistake, although he won a few battles a few days ago, but he also knew that if he continued to fight, he would suffer the loss.

In order to show his sincerity, Wei Youqu sent the prince to the Han military camp to surrender with 5,000 war horses and some military rations.

The two sides prepared for the peaceful ceremony in a friendly manner.

But the accident happened at this time, and the North Korean side had sincerity and gifts, but it did one wrong thing because it was too vigilant.

While the DPRK brought a large number of gifts, it also brought soldiers, and there were quite a few of them, more than 10,000, and they were fully armed.

Wei Shan and Xun Yan looked at this posture, this looked like someone who came to ask for surrender, but like someone who came to fight.

He immediately ordered the crown prince of Joseon not to bring troops here.

When the Korean prince heard this order, for the sake of his own safety, he gave an order, deceitful, and retreated.

Wei Shan and Xun Yan breathed a sigh of relief at exposing the conspiracy of the Koreans.

Wei Shan returned to the dynasty to restore his life, Liu Che learned the ins and outs, scolded Wei Shan for ignorance, ruined his good deeds, and ordered the person to be beheaded.

At this point, Liu Che issued an edict ordering Xun Yan to immediately march into the army and be sure to set foot in North Korea.

Xun Yu got Liu Che's death order, so he turned around and rushed forward, and the Koreans were caught off guard, and they fled for their lives, and soon arrived at the dangerous city of the king of Joseon.

Xun Yu besieged the northwest of Wang Wei City, but the rounds of attacks never opened a gap.

But Yang Fu couldn't attack if he wanted to, most of his subordinates were prisoners, and after the last big defeat, their morale was extremely low, even if you took a horse whip and cut it with a knife, they didn't dare to attack the city. Therefore, Yang Fu changed his strategy, surrounded but did not fight, and negotiated peace by the way.

Seeing that Yang Fu's water army was so cowardly, Xun Yu became a bitter gourd face. Although his Yan Dynasty soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they are also powerless in the face of the high and deep Wang Dangerous City.

Xun Yu urged Yang Fu to attack several times.

Yang Servant gave a bitter gourd face, and his reply was that I mainly focused on peace talks, and if you want to fight, I won't stop you. Even a few times Yang Fu thought that Xun Yu was annoyed by urging the battle, so he agreed to attack together, but on the day of the meeting, Yang Fu released Xun Yan's pigeons.

Xun Yu was very angry, Yang Servant was clearly disobeying the emperor's orders and making his own opinions.

Later, Xun Yu saw that he really couldn't capture the city, so he secretly sent people into the city to persuade North Korea to surrender, but the condition was that Xun Yu had to surrender to him.

But the North Koreans refused, citing their preference to surrender to Yang.

Xun Yu suspected that Yang Fu had the intention of fornicating with North Korea to rebel, so he did not dare to send troops at will.

The situation in Wang Xiancheng was suddenly very delicate, and the DPRK intended to surrender, because it was worried that Xun Yan would not do it, so it did not move. Xun Yu suspected that North Korea had a conspiracy with Yang Fu, so he did not dare to move. Yang Fu couldn't move.

Such a situation made Liu Che of Chang'an confused.

A city can be surrounded for a few months, do they want to stay there for the New Year?

In order to find out the situation, he sent Jinan Taishou Gongsun to the front line to understand the situation.

After Gongsun Sui arrived, Xun Yu said to him, "The reason why Wang Xiancheng can't be taken is because Yang Fu didn't meet the battle as scheduled. ”

Gongsun then listened to Xun Yan.

He and Xun Yu cleverly set a set of sets and waited for Yang Servant to step on them.

Yang Fu received an order from the minister of the Qin mission to go to Xun Yu's tent to discuss the military situation. As soon as Yang Servant entered with his front foot, Gongsun then ordered Yang Servant to be tied up.

Yang Fu was confused, and wanted to ask for an understanding, but his mouth was blocked, Gongsun Sui's meaning was very clear, you have something to say to the emperor in Chang'an.

Gongsun then made it clever to order Xun Yu to take over Yang Fujun. And he took Yang Servant, who was dressed in prison clothes, back to Chang'an to receive the reward.

Gongsun Sui's heart was excited, because he had made a great contribution to the emperor. And Liu Che has always been a monarch with clear rewards and punishments, and he believes that rewards are inevitable.

But he was wrong.

Liu Che is a monarch with clear rewards and punishments, but he has his own reward and punishment standards, and his reward and punishment standards are not something that can be spied on as a courtier.

What Gongsun Sui did was good for war, but not good for imperial power, if any envoy dared to dispose of the generals he appointed at will, then what else did he want the emperor to do. Therefore, Gongsun did the right thing, but he had to die.

Yang Servant reduced his merits and demoted him to a commoner.

As for the Korean battlefield, since Xun Yu's appointment as the commander-in-chief has become a fact, let him break the city with peace of mind.

Xun Yu had enough troops on hand, so he stepped up the siege.

Wei Youqu's pressure is getting worse day by day, but now he has completely abandoned the idea of surrendering. Judging from the last request for surrender, he decided that the Han Dynasty was insincere. Once he asks for surrender, I am afraid it will be his death.

Wei Youqu did not surrender, but he was anxious about the Korean ministers who had always insisted on surrendering.

It can be seen that Xun Yu will not give up if he does not destroy Wang Weicheng. If this kind of fight continues, sooner or later, the city will fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food. Why do you need to accompany Wei Youqu to the funeral? Although they lived in a foreign domain, they were originally the subjects of the Han Dynasty.

So, after several months of siege, Xun Yu saw the effect, and several heavyweight ministers of the Korean state surrendered.

In the summer of the third year of Yuanfeng (108 BC), Wang Xiancheng, which had been besieged for a year, finally had a turnaround, and Wei Youqu was killed by his minister Nixi Xiangshen, who and his henchmen surrendered out of the city.

Xun Yu was about to lead the army into the city, but saw that the city gate was closed again, and there was a man in full uniform standing on the head of the city, this person's name was Cheng Ji, and he was a complete main battle faction.

Xun Yu was very angry, although he was angry, he was very sensible.

He found out the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city, the king of Joseon was newly mourned, and if he attacked with a fierce attack, it might arouse the morale of them to once again hate the enemy, so it was better to attack the city than to attack the heart.

He sent Wei Chang, the eldest son of Wei Youqu, and Lu Shi, the son of another minister, to infiltrate the city and persuade the soldiers and civilians to give up resistance and get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible.

The soldiers and civilians in the city have had a hard year, and now that the king is dead, and the princes and nobles have surrendered, they naturally will not give their lives to Cheng Ji anymore.

Xun Yu was able to see the opportunity, rushed into the city, and killed Cheng Ji.

Webster Joseon, died.

Liu Che divided North Korea into four counties: Zhenfan, Lintun, Lelang, and Xuansu.