When Yan Shiyi signed that agreement, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's war map finally put together the final piece of the puzzle.

He can finally use his troops boldly and confidently to realize his ambitions.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi soon gathered 150,000 troops and launched an offensive in nine large corps, while at the same time gathering 100,000 troops on the coast, ready for reinforcements at any time.

The war went unexpectedly well.

In 19 days, the Japanese army penetrated most of Korea.

In the battles of Busan and Dongnae, the Korean army was defeated successively, and more than 10,000 Korean troops were killed.

In the Battle of Chungju, the general Shen Ji was killed in battle, and his 8,000 troops were all wiped out.

In the battle of the Imjin River, 12,000 Korean troops were defeated.

In the Battle of Kwangkyo Mountain, 50,000 Korean troops were defeated by Wakisaka Yasuji with 2,000 people.

The combat effectiveness of the Korean army was so poor that it almost collapsed in a short period of time, and the Japanese army was overwhelmed, reaching under Wang Jing, and then breaking through the city, Li Hao fled north overnight, all the way to Pyongyang.

However, the Japanese army did not give up and continued to go north, Li Hao had no choice, and prepared to continue to the north, and planned to directly enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why he remained here now was because he had an emissary in front of him who claimed to be from the Governor's Palace in Luzon.

The Governor's Office of Luzon imitated the Illuminated Dynasty and set up six departments, namely the Military Department, the Household Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It was the waiter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yan Zichong.

Li Hao took a small part of his precious running time to meet him.

"Now that Duodao has fallen and the army has been defeated, although there are still many people in your country who have spontaneously organized the rebel army to resist, the situation is still dangerous, and the following opinion is that Your Majesty will cross the river first, protect your body, and wait for the rebel army to recover the country, and then return to the country."

Yan Zichong's words were tingling, and they were also a little agitated, as a king, did you just leave your people and run away?

But Li Hao didn't seem to hear it, didn't have the slightest reaction to his words, and even his expression had a faint meaning of "Have you finished speaking, I'll leave after speaking".

He suddenly felt that he had overestimated the level of the Korean king, and also underestimated the influence of the Ming Dynasty on the countries in the Chinese cultural circle.

He may really want to wait for death in Daming.

"If His Highness blindly flees and does not make a decent resistance, then the Ming may not be willing to send troops."

Yan Zichong was also prepared, and when he saw that one road didn't work, he immediately changed it:

"Although your country is a subsidiary of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it has become a country of its own, and now the Korean army has collapsed without a fight, abandoning the country, why should the Ming army spend money and food on elite soldiers to save your country?"

Hearing this, Li Hao, who was originally there with the old god, suddenly became anxious, as if he had been stepped on, and shouted:

"My country has served the Celestial Empire for two hundred years, and the Celestial Empire will definitely not abandon me!"

Yan Zichong was not in a hurry, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over.

What was written on it was the Shangshu of the courtiers in the court, and the Ming Dynasty had received Li Hao's request for help at this time.

But the opinion of most people, as Yan Zichong said, - your Korean army itself does not defend its own country, and when you encounter an enemy, you want to call Daming, so why should we help?

After a month of rout, if you want to say that you have seriously resisted, this ghost will not believe it.

There were even people who proposed to refuse to let Li Hao cross the river, which made him look like he was split.

Moreover, at this time, the Ming Dynasty's finances were already a little weak, and the Ming army was still cleaning up Ningxia's worship, and the ministers really didn't want to continue to use troops in other places.

After reading it, Li Hao, who was originally as stable as Mount Tai, was already sweating like rain on his head, and his palms trembled uncontrollably.

He raised his eyes a little dazedly, and then saw Yan Zichong standing with his hands in his hands, and suddenly as if he had seen a savior, he ran down from the throne, firmly held his hand, and said in a loud voice:

"Sir save me, sir save me!"

But the corners of Yan Zichong's mouth quietly hooked up a smile and took the bait.

He immediately said:

"I think that if His Highness can command the army, fight the Japanese army a few times, or stalemate for more than a month, in order to show his determination to resist, then the opinions of the government and the opposition may change."

Of course, Li Hao was a hundred willing, but he also pointed out that the combat effectiveness of his troops was really not good, and it was unrealistic to want to resist Yue Yu.

Yan Zichong was waiting for this time, and he said loudly:

"Your Highness, don't panic, I have already thought about it for Your Highness."

He immediately ordered his men to show off his entourage—a large pile of munitions.

Includes arquebuses, furlong machines, and general cannons.

In the No. 1 plan, the ideal situation is that the Japanese army going out is dragged by Korea and the Ming Dynasty, unable to return or even suffering heavy losses, it is best to force Toyotomi Hideyoshi Stud and bet the domestic 100,000 reserves, then strengthening Korea has become an indispensable link.

It just so happened that at this time, the Furlong machine had been studied by the Tiangongfang and had been improved to a certain extent, becoming lighter and more accurate, and the red-coated cannon had also been successfully copied and began to be installed, so Yan Ling's eyes rolled and simply asked the Governor's Mansion to take out the replaced Furlong machine and the general's cannon and sell it.

He remembers how the United States rose in his last life. Selling arms has always been a lucrative business, not to mention that it is still a Japanese fight, and there is no moral baggage.

Although they are obsolete weapons, they are already very good for North Korea, and even for the Ming Dynasty, they are quite good and can be equipped to the main force.

They are all products of the older generation, but there are basically no Furlong machines and cannons in Japan...... It is certainly not possible to turn the tide of the war, the North Korean army is too stretched, but it can still be done if it can inflict more losses on the Japanese army.

In addition, seeing that North Korea is still using the old-fashioned firecracker, Yan Zichong once again launched a product - arquebus, which is what Daming called the bird gun.

And in Li Hao's mind, there are only three words left: buy, buy, buy.

As long as he can block the Japanese attack, and then get the support of the Ming Dynasty, he is willing to do anything.

Looking at this large list of weapons orders, Yan Zichong was simply happy, and it was not until he bought all the arms of the ships he brought that Li Hao could not stop.

He didn't have to worry about buying too much and not getting equipment, and now a large number of defeated troops have gone north and gathered in the area of Pyongyang, where the North Korean army has reached an astonishing 30,000, which is completely sufficient.

"Equipped with these, you can temporarily block the Japanese attack?" Li Hao was cautious, and he didn't even dare to say that he was repelling, he only hoped to be able to block it temporarily, he was already scared.

"Of course, Your Highness, as long as you are equipped with these, no matter how little training you have, even if it is a Japanese army, you will not be able to easily defeat your army."

Yan Zichong arched his hand, smiled, and said with a seductive voice:

"Why not go to the battlefield? Let the Celestial Empire see your determination to protect your family and defend the country? ”

All in all, one sentence -

You're empowered, get on!

(End of chapter)