Chapter 1814 Everyone goes their own way

It would be damning if Kim Sang-hyun could still rest assured at this time. The Qing army had piled tens of thousands of troops on the border between the two countries, and its intentions were very obvious. If the Haihan fleet had not blocked the Yalu River channel in time, the Qing army might have been able to do so last month.

It has already invaded North Korea. But now the Haihan people withdrew from the Yalu River without warning, leaving Korea with an open door to the Qing army. This sudden change in the situation is difficult for anyone to accept. Although Qian Tiandun claimed that the Haihan army

They will come back soon, but no one can predict how North Korea will be ravaged in the meantime.

As for why the Haihan people suddenly withdrew from the battlefield, Kim Sang-hyun didn't quite believe Qian Tiandun's words. The Haihan Navy had been stationed on the banks of the Yalu River for less than a month. I heard that the war situation was not tight during that period. How could there be a need for a large number of ships?

Maintenance, not to mention that the coalition fleet coming to North Korea also has the Fujian Navy, the Annan Fleet and the Portuguese Fleet can be deployed. Even if the warships of the Haihan Navy need to withdraw from the line of fire, several other fleets can be sent to the area to continue to garrison.

, how could you just pat your butt and leave directly?

Thinking of the various conditions that Haehan had proposed to North Korea earlier, Kim Sang-hyun believed that this was most likely done intentionally by Haehan in order to force North Korea to agree to and fulfill their conditions.

North Korea has actually agreed to most of the conditions proposed by Haihan in the early stages, such as the high military expenditures requested by Haihan, the right of free passage for Haihan's army in North Korea, and the requisition of military equipment near the estuary of the Datong River.

Military land, etc. In addition, some more troublesome conditions, such as providing a large number of civilians, replacing some local officials in areas near the northern border, etc., are also being gradually implemented.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also some conditions that North Korea finds difficult to accept and has not agreed to yet. For example, Haihan asked to fully take over the command of the North Korean army in wartime and to establish diplomatic and commercial relations between North Korea and other countries in the future.

All must first obtain Haehan's consent, etc. In Kim Sang-heon's view, these conditions have reached the country's bottom line, and indeed cannot be easily agreed to, even if Haehan is nominally an ally of North Korea, but such sensitive matters as

The conditions are still far beyond what North Korea can accept.

"But your army suddenly withdrew, and all the previous efforts were in vain?" Kim Sang-hyun tried his best to control his emotions and asked: "Even if your army has any difficulties, we can solve them through negotiation, so how can we say withdrawal?"

Just withdraw, this...how will our country deal with the Qing army?"

"Is Mr. Jin complaining about the arrangements of our army?" Qian Tiandun had already expected Jin Sangxian's complaints, and his immediate response was relatively tough: "Fighting the invasion of the Qing army is originally the responsibility that your country's army should bear.

Although I promised to assist your country in fighting, I never said that I could keep the Qing army out of your country! Our army has its own plan on how to fight the Qing army. If your country feels that this cooperative relationship

If it’s not safe enough, then you can ask someone else to do it!”

Jin Sangxian thought to himself that the Qing army had half a foot on the doorstep, so where could they ask for Gao Ming at this time? Besides, the only two countries that could send reinforcements to the country were the Ming and Haihan families. Now the Ming Dynasty could not protect itself, except for the Haihan army.

Which Bodhisattva can we invite? If the Haihan people really give up, what awaits North Korea will most likely be the destruction of the country.

"General, please don't misunderstand me. I am not blaming your country's army for your arrangements!" Considering the seriousness of the consequences, Jin Sangxian immediately changed his attitude. He came to Qian Tiandun with the intention of launching an army to ask for guilt, but the other party's wording was

Let him give up this unrealistic idea immediately.

Seeing Qian Tiandun's face softening slightly, Jin Sangxian carefully prepared his words and continued: "Then how your army is going to act next, can you let us know first, so that our country can try its best to cooperate."

"This is a major military secret and cannot be disclosed to the outside world for the time being." Qian Tiandun rejected Kim Sang-hyun's request with an expressionless face: "I hope your army can resist the Qing army on the Yalu River defense line for more than half a month, so that our army can return from Liaodong.

By that time, we might be able to cut off the Yalu River channel again and continue to block the Qing army on the other side."

"Half a month..." Jin Sangxian only had a bitter look on his face when he heard this. He knew the strength of his country's army, how could it withstand the Qing army's offensive for half a month. Waiting for the Haihan army to return

By the time we arrived on the Korean Peninsula, I was afraid that the defense line was no longer along the Yalu River. Even if the Haihan people were still willing to take action by then, the situation would have been quite critical.

"Can your army... come back earlier?" Kim Sang-hyun could only put his face in his pocket at the moment, and humbly asked Qian Tiandun for a relatively better solution. If the situation deteriorates too quickly, North Korea will not be the only one who will be unlucky.

Ordinary people in the north, as an opinion leader who strongly advocated a decisive battle with the Qing Dynasty, will also be held accountable.

Qian Tiandun said: "It is not impossible to come back earlier, but your country must provide corresponding conditions. For example, if the military port here can build a dock and supporting facilities early, then the fleet will not have to return.

We will go to Jinzhou for supplies and maintenance. When our army can return to the battlefield depends on how well your country can cooperate."

Qian Tiandun's words have been very straightforward. Only after North Korea fulfills all its conditions will the Haihan army return to the battlefield to snipe the Qing army southward. This is indeed a dilemma for North Korea and will satisfy the Haihan people.

The request would inevitably lead to the loss of part of the country's sovereignty, but if it was ignored, it would have to fight against the Qing invasion alone, which might plunge the entire country into the flames of war.

Of course, Kim Sang-hyun is more inclined to meet the conditions proposed by Hae-han, but the problem is that he is not the king of North Korea, and some conditions will not count even if he agrees immediately. He can only agree to them first, and then quickly send a messenger back to Seoul to ask for orders, as far as possible

Before the Qing army took action, they quickly obtained permission from the court to allow the Haihan army to return to Korea and continue fighting.

However, there is no need to wait for Seoul's reply for things like recruiting civilian husbands. Kim Sang-heon immediately issued an order to Yonggang, Daan, Pyongyang, Songlin and other places along the Taedong River, requiring the local government to recruit no less than one person in the shortest possible time.

Thousands of civilians were dispatched to this place as soon as possible to participate in the construction. Because Pyongyang is a big city, Kim Sang-hyun asked him to send at least 3,000 civilians and no less than 500 pack horses to participate in this task. As for the funding issue, Kim Sang-heon did not care.

The arrangements were so detailed, and he had given a clear warning in the official document. Wherever the government failed to complete the task on time, the main local officials would be punished.

Kim Sang-hyun himself actually understands that these temporary measures may be able to win Haehan's attitude to change, but they will not help the defense intensity of the northern border. Now he can only hope that the border defense forces can be a little more successful and organize the imperial court in the south.

Delay the resistance for a little longer, and don't break it with just one push.

But Jin Sangxian's wish was just a thought, and the actual situation was worse than he expected. Three days after the Haihan Army withdrew from the Yalu River, nearly two hundred large and small sailing ships began to sail from Jiulian City five miles downstream.

Transport the Qing troops to the opposite bank of the Korean River.

The original plan of the Qing army was to first occupy Weihua Island in the center of the Yalu River, and then use it as a springboard to attack Yizhou City. However, after Huang Taiji arrived at Jiulian City, he thought that such an action was too slow, and Yizhou City was not actually in the Qing Dynasty.

On the southward march route planned by the army, it would take at least two or three days to go around to the north to defeat Yiju and then go south. Therefore, Huang Taiji modified the original battle plan and arranged for the troops to cross the river and go directly south, ignoring the location where the troops were located.

Uiju on the upper reaches of the Yalu River.

Huang Taiji's move was not because he looked down on the Korean troops stationed in Yizhou, but because he considered that the Haihan people might fight back at some time, so they had to advance the front line in North Korea as soon as possible, so that even if the Haihan people fought back in the future,

It is also difficult to change the status quo of part of North Korea's territory being occupied by the Qing Dynasty.

After crossing the river, the leading troops of the Qing army immediately rushed towards Longchuan, thirty miles to the south. This was just a small county-sized town with only a few hundred garrison troops, and the city defenses were very crude. The so-called city wall was just made of stone.

It was just a wall piled up about five or six feet high, not to mention a moat, and there was not even a city defense artillery. This kind of defense could only resist bandits and bandits at most, but it was basically useless in front of the regular army.

The Qing cavalry, who acted as the vanguard, did not even wait for the infantry behind to arrive. They hurriedly cut down trees to make a few ladders, and then directly launched the siege. The cavalry were divided into two parts, the front and rear, and the rear used bows and arrows to launch arrows at the city head.

Fire cover, while the front rushed to the bottom of the city wall and then dismounted and took up ladders to attack the city head.

The Korean army responsible for defending the city was almost defeated at the first touch. The Qing army captured the city without much trouble, then opened the city gate and let the cavalry into the city. At almost the same time, the officials in the city saw that the situation was over, so they took the initiative to

Surrendered in the hope that the Qing army would not massacre the people in the city.

The actual battle lasted only two sticks of incense, and Longchuan City was easily captured by the Qing cavalry. The Qing army only suffered a small loss of seven casualties and won the first battle after entering Korea. Huang Taiji was there.

After receiving the battle report, he was naturally very happy and immediately announced that the first soldier to reach the top of the city would be rewarded with the title of "Bajala Warrior" and given heavy armor and weapons that only Bajala warriors could equip.

Such battle reports greatly excited the Qing army. After being suppressed by the Haihan army for nearly a month, everyone was holding their breath. Now that they finally crossed the Yalu River, the Koreans naturally became the Qing army.

The person to take it out on.

The Qing Dynasty had been planning the invasion of North Korea for a long time, and had already planned how to digest the results after capturing the towns in North Korea. Afterwards, all women, children, old and young would be moved to the Qing Dynasty in batches. The adult men would first act as civilian husbands and transport supplies for the army, and wait for the war.

After the end, they will all be brought back home to serve as labor force. Except for the money and grain in the official treasury, which will be uniformly seized and counted and confiscated, other property collected from the private sector will belong to the soldiers themselves. This is also a way for the troops to maintain a high desire to fight.

Very effective means.

But the excited Qing army did not know that at the same time they captured Longchuan City, the coalition fleet led by Haihan also landed on the Liaodong coast. Three infantry companies belonging to the Marine Corps, as well as the Fujian Navy and Annan

, a force composed of more than 1,200 soldiers gathered by the three parties of Portugal quickly advanced to the northern inland after landing successfully. The vanguard was the Portuguese general Simang who had suffered a heavy loss on the Liaodong coast not long ago.

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The reason why Simang was asked to lead the way was because the target of this operation was Dazheng Town, where the Portuguese suffered losses last time. The reason why Wang Tom arranged this target was very clear. Since the Qing army had garrisoned near Dazheng Town

, then let’s do the surgery here to show Haihan’s determination to open up a second battlefield on the Liaodong coast.

Of course, since there are no big cities on the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, even if the coalition fleet turns this area upside down, it will actually be difficult to shake the foundation of the Qing's rule. However, at this time, most of the Qing's main forces were in the Yalu River.

On the other hand, the coalition forces could take advantage of the empty defense of the other side to unscrupulously plunder people, money and food in this area, and eliminate the local armed forces and ruling organs of the Qing Dynasty.

Just as Ximang expected, the Qing army that they unfortunately bumped into last time was still stationed south of Dazheng Town, and after discovering the Portuguese, they decisively chose to attack, probably because they didn't want to let go of these ignorant gangs.

The Portuguese dare to commit trouble here again.

When the Portuguese decisively withdrew into a nearby forest, the Qing general believed that this was a good opportunity to surround and annihilate the opponent, so he ordered his troops to spread out and surround the forest. However, what he did not expect was

There were not only more than 300 Portuguese hiding in the forest, but also three other heavily armed troops.

The battle started in many directions at the same time. At this time, the Qing generals still insisted that the Portuguese had broken into pieces and planned to find a direction to break out. They ordered all the troops to hold on and not let them escape. However, everyone soon discovered the situation of the battle.

No, the intensity of the firepower output in the forest was simply not what three hundred or so muskets could achieve. In a very short period of time, hundreds of Qing troops who tried to seal off the perimeter were hit by dense stray bullets and fell to the ground.

By the time the Qing generals noticed another ambush in the forest and ordered their troops to abandon the siege and retreat to a safe distance, nearly one-fifth of their troops had been lost. Then the Qing army saw a large number of enemy troops pouring out of the forest.

, the troops were even stronger than our own, and they were all musketeers, leaving them with no chance to counterattack.

Twenty minutes after the battle, the Qing army with only nearly a centaur left finally withdrew from the battlefield and fled to the northern interior without looking back. As for the safety of Dazheng Town, no one cared about it at this time.

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