With the great success of Gao Hongtu's mission to Korea, more than 400,000 soldiers of Liu Yan's army successively received a large amount of money and grain provided by the Korean state.

The officers and men of the National Defense Force braved the bitter cold to conduct training around various forts along the Yalu River, day after day, while the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet also conducted training in various subjects on the cold winter sea, and the momentum was huge, so that the Korean people were always terrified, and even took the initiative to send Liu Yan's troops some more money and food, hoping to let Liu Yan lead the army to withdraw as soon as possible.

In a blink of an eye, it came to the twentieth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1647 AD.

The Spring Festival has just passed, and it is about to reach the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Yan and more than 400,000 soldiers spent this cold and biting Spring Festival by the Yalu River.

Now that the festive atmosphere in the army has dissipated, Liu Yan convened the general officers of the national defense forces to discuss the meeting, and ordered everyone to send a large number of people into the territory of Korea at night to begin an all-round exploration of all parts of Korea, laying the foundation for a full-scale attack after the weather is warm.

To the east of the fortress of Dadu Hufu City, Yongbyon, Pyongan Province, a group of more than a dozen Ming troops were resting by the Cheongchon River without collecting the clothes of the Korean people at night.

"The boss went to the cavalry department, and we changed to a new Qianzong, and it is said that he was also the subordinate who originally came to the boss?"

A young night did not take a sip after speaking, but he felt that the water in the water bladder was all icy teeth, and he couldn't help frowning.

The other leading captain nodded and said, "It's a hundred presidents under the boss who originally came, and it's also a good one." ”

"When will we be promoted to President Bai and President Qian?"

The captain glared at the young subordinate and said, "Young man, you have to be down-to-earth, and let's do a good job of this investigation first." ”

"Hey, hey."

The young man smiled without accepting it, and then said: "Captain, we have been wandering around this Yongbian City for several days, and the Korean soldiers are more than 3,000, and they are all miscellaneous soldiers, and they have no combat effectiveness, I think this Korean country is nothing more than that, as long as the elder gives an order, we can directly rush over and destroy it, why are we so cautious?" ”

"Don't just look at the superficial situation, although the Korean state looks weak, it also has a population of tens of millions, and if you really want to force the king of Joseon, it is still possible to gather hundreds of thousands or millions of soldiers. As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, although the combat strength of the Korean soldiers is not good, but they can't stand the number of people, once our army falls into the quagmire, the financial resources of the imperial court will not be able to supply. ”

Young Ye Bushu and the rest of the people listened to the frequent nods, these things are still far away for everyone, but they make everyone understand that the current national war can not only look at the strength and weakness of the battlefield, but also consider many other factors.

As he spoke, the captain looked at the sky and said, "It's still early, let's go to the village ahead." ”

The men packed up their belongings and rode to the village to the north.

When they arrived near the village, they left the horses a few miles outside the village, leaving two people who did not take care of the horses at night, and then the captain took the remaining few people into the village to inquire about the news.

The captain of this night and another person nicknamed Hulu are both proficient in Korean, so the two of them are mainly responsible for finding out the news.

But when the Chinese just entered the village, they saw that many villagers had gathered in the threshing floor in front, and there were even a large number of Korean soldiers!!

"It's broken!"

The captain of Ye Bushu whispered to everyone: "Some of those Korean soldiers are wearing armor, and according to the banner, they should be the elite of the loyal guards in the Korean army. ”

Hulu whispered, "What elite? Don't forget, we're the elite of the Ming Dynasty, him! ”

As soon as the words fell, several people saw a large number of loyal guards coming in front of them, and there were dozens of people, and everyone suddenly changed color, and the gap in numbers was too great.

Several people hurriedly flashed to the side like the rest of the Korean villagers, and when the group of loyal guards had passed, they saw them go to the threshing floor in front.

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Several people followed, and after squeezing through the villagers, they found that these loyal guards had actually captured two Ming soldiers who did not accept them at night. At this time, the two soldiers were tied to two wooden stakes and were beaten by the North Koreans and were wounded, but they still gritted their teeth and insisted, not saying a word, just glaring angrily at the North Korean soldiers around them.

The captain of the night did not accept the team and exchanged glances, everyone was born and died comrades, many words no longer need to be spoken, and a look can be understood.

Then the gourd and the other two quietly squeezed out of the crowd, leaving only the captain and the others still in the crowd, but the hands of several people had already reached into their clothes, and they held the weapons hidden in the thick clothes, ready to do it at any time.

At this time, a leading Korean colonel said loudly: "These two are the detailed work of the Ming army, and they are spying on the military situation in the area of Yongbyon Dadu Hufu, once you find out the movement of the Ming army, you must immediately report to the government......

Before he could finish speaking, he heard several explosions, and a burst of gunpowder smoke rose from the village in an instant.

The chaotic crowd rushed the more than 100 Korean loyal guards gathered in front and back, and the colonel was so angry that the school scolded and whipped the villagers who ran around with the whip in his hand, but to no avail.

"Up!"

The captain of the night did not close a low roar, and then led several subordinates to rush to the front while the chaos was chaotic, and several subordinates rushed to the two tied companions, taking advantage of the enemy's inattention, pulled out a short knife to solve several guarding Korean soldiers, and then quickly cut the rope and rescued the two.

And the captain of the night does not collect rushed directly to the side of the school, and was about to kill him with one blow, but was discovered by the school.

"Ming Army!"

I saw that the colonel pulled out his sword and slashed it fiercely, and the short knife in the captain's hand did not dare to resist it, so he scolded angrily and retreated quickly, and he could avoid this blow.

"Withdraw!!"

Seeing that the surrounding Korean loyal guards Ding Du reacted, he did not accept the captain at night and did not love to fight, and shouted loudly for his companions to withdraw, and everyone mixed in the chaotic Korean villagers and ran quickly outside the village.

"Chase! Kill those Ming scouts! ”

Rumble!!

As soon as the colonel's words fell, several explosions sounded, and the earth-shattering thunder of this explosion exploded among the loyal guards, killing and injuring more than a dozen people in an instant, and the remaining loyal guards did not dare to chase after them again.

As far as the eye can see, there are terrified villagers all around, God knows where these earth-shaking thunders were thrown from, do you want to kill all the surrounding villagers?

Rumble!

There were several earth-shattering explosions, and at this time, the Korean soldiers and villagers in the village were already in chaos, and they didn't care about chasing the soldiers at night, but began to flee separately.

After a long time, when everyone was sure that there was no explosion, a large number of North Korean soldiers remembered to search for the traces of the Ming army's night retreat, and the colonel was also angry and shouted loudly, but at this time, there was no trace of the Ming army's night retreat.

More than ten miles away, the captain of the night does not collect the team to a woods, and after ordering his subordinates to be on guard, he checked the injuries of the two night guards, fortunately they are all skin injuries, and it will be good to recuperate for a period of time after going back.

"Let's go!"

The North Korean soldiers in the vicinity have obviously begun to be on alert, and have begun to search for the Ming army, so it is necessary to send the news back as soon as possible in order to make Shangguan vigilant.

So the captain of the night did not accept the opportunity to make a decision, led his subordinates to get on the horse and hurried away, and rode in the direction of the Yalu River.

At the same time, in the palace of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, North Korea, the king of North Korea, Yi Liang, was listening to the report of the general Park Zixun, and Kim Zidian on the side was also listening nervously.

"Your Majesty, at present, traces of the Ming army not collecting at night have been found in Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province, and even in Huanghae Province, there are sporadic Ming troops who do not collect at night, and the Ming army is collecting intelligence from all over our North Korea, and it is very likely that they are preparing to send troops in a big way after the beginning of spring!"

Li Qi said angrily: "The first assistant of the dignified Ming cabinet, why is he so untrustworthy? After receiving money and food from our DPRK, he still did not withdraw his troops, how can this be the demeanor of a great country! ”

Jin Zidian sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you still have to prepare in advance for now. In more than two months, the weather will be warmer, and then it should be the time for the Ming army to attack. ”

Park Zixun said: "Your Majesty, the minister suggested that new soldiers should be immediately recruited throughout the country, and a large-scale training of soldiers and horses, raising money and food, hoarding troops, and starting to deploy defensive lines in Ping'an Province and other places to prepare for war with the Ming army!" ”

Although Li Liang knew that what Jin Zidian and Park Zixun said was right, but at this time, he said with a wry smile: "Then in your opinion, can our army block hundreds of thousands of elite Ming troops?" ”

Jin Zidian and Park Zixun shook their heads one after another, blocking hundreds of thousands of elites of the Ming army? Is it possible? Millions of elites of the North Korean and Qing coalition armies were "wiped out" by the Ming army, and now the Qing Dynasty has been defeated by the Ming army, what resistance does the poor and weak Korean country have?

Park Zixun then sighed: "Your Majesty, although my Korean soldiers and horses are not the elite opponents of the Ming army, I can't do nothing, and I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven for today's plan." ”

Li Wei shook his head and said, "How did things become like this?" When the Qing soldiers rushed into North Korea twice, where was the Ming Dynasty? Now they want to send troops to ask for guilt, how can there be such a reason! ”

At this time, Li Liang threw the "black cauldron" of North Korea to the current state to the Ming Dynasty, but did not mention that the Ming Dynasty consumed the elite essence of Liaodong in order to help North Korea resist hundreds of thousands of Japanese invading troops, which led to the rapid decline of the Ming Dynasty's control over Liaodong and Nuer Gandusi, which allowed the wild boar Pinurhachi to take the opportunity to rise.

The root cause of all this is to rescue North Korea, and the Ming Dynasty has a reinvention of North Korea, but at this time, Li Liang didn't mention it at all, just blindly pushed the responsibility to the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, everything is over now, and we can only hope that we can recruit more soldiers and horses, and try to delay the war as much as possible, preferably until the beginning of winter this year......."

At this time, Park Zixun's meaning was obvious, if he wanted to block the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Ming army, he could only rely on the cold weather in North Korea.

But with North Korea's strength, can it really drag on the war for nearly a year?

Li Liang, Jin Zidian, and Park Zixun had no confidence in their hearts, and subconsciously thought that this was an impossible task.

"Okay."

Li Wei sighed heavily and said: "Immediately order, all men of school-age in the country must be recruited in place, and pay money and food according to the number of people, and the whole country will prepare for war!" ”

"Yes."

(End of chapter)