The king of Joseon, Yi Liang, ordered the whole of Korea to start military expansion, and with one order, a series of turmoil was immediately set off in Badao, Korea.

Even in Gyeonggi Province, as long as they are of the right age, whether they are teenagers or men in their forties or fifties, they are all forcibly recruited into the army.

Moreover, what made the people in various parts of Korea even more miserable was that the soldiers and horses of the government of Yixingwei (Zhongwei), Longxiangwei (left guard), Hubenwei (right guard), Zhongzuowei (avant-garde) and Zhongwuwei (rear guard) also attacked in all directions and began to forcibly collect money, grain, and various materials in various places.

Gyeonggi-do, Kaesong.

Under the rule of Kaesong, in a village near the Imjin River, a team of more than a dozen Nakazuo guards was forcibly recruiting new soldiers in the village, and at the same time going door to door to loot money, food, and supplies.

Although this village is not large, there are hundreds of families and hundreds of people, but in the face of the expropriation and extortion of more than a dozen Zhongzuo guards, these villagers did not dare to resist at all, and watched their sons, husbands, and fathers dragged away from their homes, and at the same time took away the few grains in the family, as well as some copper coins, clothes and other things.

It didn't take long for this already poor village to be ransacked by the Nakasa guards, and more than 60 men were gathered at the entrance of the village, waiting to be taken away by the Nakasa guards.

In addition, there were piles of food, clothing, and other materials, which were being loaded onto the wagon by several Zhongzuo guards.

Seeing this, the surrounding villagers immediately became agitated, and kept surging towards the carriage, and then they were reprimanded by the remaining Zhongzuo guards.

One of the leaders shouted, "What are you doing! The king ordered the people of the whole country to donate money, food and other materials to fund the war, and ordered all the men in the country to participate in the military war and do their best to resist the attack of the Ming army. ”

"Whoever says one more thing, it is the meticulous work of the Ming army, and there is no forgiveness for killing!"

The rest of the old, weak, women and children around were all frightened, and the sixty-odd men trembled with fear when they heard that they were going to be dragged to fight against the Ming army.

One of the young men in his twenties said loudly: "How can you win a war with the Ming army?? I'm going to die, we're all going to die! ”

The rest of the men began to shout, and all of them were reluctant to leave the village, fearing that they would never return.

The leader of the team was immediately furious, and directly stepped forward and hacked the young man who spoke to death, and the blood suddenly splashed all the people around him, so frightened that all the men around him immediately closed their mouths, only a few women screamed and threw themselves on the corpse, constantly crying and crying.

"Whoever dares to shake the morale of the army again, this is the end!"

In the face of the tragic death of the villagers, the remaining sixty or so men did not dare to say anything more, even if they were unwilling in their hearts, at this time, in the face of the corpses on the ground, everyone could only be silent.

It didn't take long for the dozen or so Korean soldiers of Zhongzuowei to escort more than 60 men and a wagon of money, food, and supplies out of the village, leaving only the villagers in the village crying at a loss.

A few days later, outside the city of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, North Korea, an endless stream of North Korean guards and horses came from all directions, these North Korean soldiers escorted many men and transported a large amount of money, food and materials, making the entire Seoul the most populous and rich place in Gyeonggi Province.

At this time, Jin Zidian and Park Zixun were standing on the city wall, and the two looked at the soldiers and men who were waiting to enter the city, as well as a large number of carriages and horses, and their faces showed a trace of worry.

"You are a general, can you form a useful army in two months with such a conscription?"

As a general of North Korea, Park Zixun looked down on Kim Zidian, the leader of the council, and said coldly: "Two months? How can it be! Two years is about the same time. ”

"Then you still approve of the king's doing?"

Jin Zidian said dissatisfiedly: "Since you can't win with the strength of the whole of Korea, why do you want to start a war with the Ming army?" ”

Park Zixun looked at Jin Zidian with contempt and said, "According to what you say, North Korea should immediately surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and then let Liu Yan, the first assistant of the Ming cabinet, fall at will?" When the Manchus attacked Korea twice, it was you who took the lead in surrendering and made my Korea fall to this point!! ”

"Humph!"

Jin Zidian was unmoved in the face of Park Zixun's accusation, and said directly: "I call this knowing the current affairs!" If I hadn't advocated throwing myself into the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that North Korea would have been slaughtered by the Qing army into nothing, where would there be today's grand occasion! ”

"Pomp?"

Park Zixun didn't know why Jin Zidian still had such a face, and said: "In that case, why don't you make a suggestion to the king?" I think you should go to the Yalu River to submit a letter of surrender to Liu Yan, the first assistant of the Ming cabinet, and maybe you can win the favor of the Ming Dynasty!! ”

Jin Zidian laughed out loud and said secretly: "Surrender is certain, but the time is not enough, and these things naturally can't be told to you, a martial artist!" ”

Looking at the laughing Jin Zidian, Pu Zixun frowned, and was about to get angry, but he heard a report: "Qi Qi leads the government, the general, the king invites the two to meet immediately." ”

After a while, Jin Zidian and Park Zixun came to the main hall, Li Liang didn't have much rest during this time, seeing that it was already the beginning of February, there was not much time left before the spring flowers bloomed in the land of North Korea, and the anxiety in Li Liang's heart would be more serious every day passed, and this mood made Li Liang become extremely haggard, as if he was more than ten years old.

After Jin Zidian and Park Zixun saluted, Li Liang asked, "How is the expansion of the army?" ”

In fact, Li Liang would ask every few days, but Li Liang was still anxious in his heart, and he wished that someone would report to him every moment.

Jin Zidian said: "Your Majesty, the eight provinces of my Korea have begun to fully mobilize, and at present, the various provincial offices have been reported as places for hoarding money and grain, and the number of collections has been reported. At this time, 1,130,000 taels of silver, 1,380,000 stone of grain, and more than 5,430 carts of other materials had been collected. ”

Li Wei frowned, only such a little money and food was obviously not enough for the war. Under such a strong expropriation by local governments, there is still only so much money, food and materials, which shows how difficult the Korean people have become.

Then Park Zixun said: "Your Majesty, at present, a total of 730,000 men have been recruited in each province, plus the original elite of the five guards, as well as the defenders in various places, the total strength of our Korean country is currently more than 1.3 million. ”

Li Liang's frowning brows relaxed slightly, but then he thought that these more than 1.3 million horses looked like a lot, but how many elites were among them? I'm afraid there are not even 300,000, most of them are temporarily conscripted farmers, or miscellaneous soldiers from all over the country, how can such soldiers and horses meet the elite and powerful Ming elite?

The three of them were silent for a while, and then Li Liang said, "Have the ministers of the two classes in various places taken out money and food?" ”

Jin Zidian was dumbfounded, although Li Liang's order also required all the officials of the two classes in North Korea to contribute money and food, and also sent the slaves and family members to join the army, but there was not a single official in the entire North Korea who responded to this order, and everyone knew that Li Liang's order could only be aimed at ordinary people, and no one would be stupid enough to really embarrass the officials in various places.

At this time, Jin Zidian didn't know how to answer, thought for a while, and had to say: "There are no two classes of officials who have responded to the king's order yet. ”

Hearing this, Li Liang became angry, but then forced himself to calm down, in North Korea, without the support of the two classes of officials, he could not sit in a stable position as the king of North Korea, and now even if the two classes of officials refused to carry out his orders, he could only endure helplessly.

Immediately, Li Wei waved his hand dejectedly, Jin Zidian and Pu Zixun glanced at each other, and then withdrew from the main hall.

At the same time, Liu Yan also received information from various ministries that he did not receive them at night, and learned the news that the Korean State had begun to carry out general mobilization, so he summoned the general military officers of all ministries to the Chinese army to discuss matters.

Soon, in the Chinese army at Zhenjiang Fort, the general officers of the Third Army to the Sixth Army and the Eleventh Army to the Sixteenth Army of the National Defense Army gathered together, and Liu Yan informed everyone about the situation in Korea.

"This is the case, at present, the Korean state has begun to mobilize, and after taking into account the situation that the various ministries do not collect the information provided at night, the Korean king Li Liang began to forcibly collect money, grain and strong men from the people of the whole country, and it is estimated that in a few months, the strength of the Korean state will be doubled!"

Although the generals were shocked by the reaction of the North Korean state, all the generals knew what the combat strength of the North Korean soldiers was, not to mention the people who were temporarily forcibly recruited?

So at this time, everyone was not too anxious, but they were just talking in a whisper, how to fight this battle to win quickly.

Liu Yan also smiled when he saw this, for the Korean country, Liu Yan thought that the Ming Dynasty had already reached the strength with a steady victory, so he also didn't pay attention to the "struggle" made by Li Liang.

However, when it is time to officially start the war, Liu Yan will naturally deal with it seriously and go all out, and will not give the North Koreans any chance to turn the situation around.

Wang Bo said: "Ge Lao, when are we going to march?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Wait a little longer, it depends on when the imperial court can raise the money and food of the army." ”

At present, Liu Yanjun has received several batches of money and grain from the imperial court, which is almost enough for more than 400,000 soldiers to spend more than four months.

However, Liu Yan adhered to the principle of leniency for the enemy, and wrote to the cabinet asking for some more money and food, at least for more than half a year, and Liu Yan would launch a full-scale offensive.

When everyone heard this, they naturally understood that Liu Yan wanted to finish his work in one battle, after all, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it was also "within the scope of ability" to directly fight a war to destroy the country.

Liu Yan continued: "Two days ago, this duke received a routine notification from the cabinet that His Majesty had ordered that Dai Shan and all the Manchu captives would be executed, and that the heads of Dai Shan and others would be sent to spread throughout my Ming Dynasty, and this news could be regarded as a successful end to the fall of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

When Liu Yan sent people to escort Dai Shan and other captives to Beijing City, Emperor Chongzhen did not immediately kill Dai Shan and others, but when he sacrificed to the Taimiao, Dai Shan and a group of prisoners who were escorted to Beijing City were escorted out to patrol the streets to show the public in order to demonstrate the military and national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Dai Shan and other captives are no longer worthless, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the cabinet to convict Dai Shan and other prisoners through the Three Law Divisions, execute all of them Ling Chi, and spread the news of the head throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone immediately burst into laughter when they heard this, and at this point, the battle of the Manchu Qing Dynasty came to an end, and all the eyes of everyone fell on the Korean state.

And Liu Yan thinks more, as far as his eyes can see, there is not only North Korea, but also the Japanese who are across the sea from North Korea!

"I wonder how the dwarf mules on those islands will feel after the destruction of Korea?"

(End of chapter)