North Korea, at Seoul, Nanshan. The coalition forces mainly composed of the Korean army and some Qing army were defeated and retreated. Looking at the soldiers who were killed and injured, Luke Dehun only frowned slightly. The reason for the frowning was not because so many soldiers were killed and injured, but because they were blocked by the Ming army in the city.

Li led Tai from Shengjing and brought six red barbarian cannons. He thought he could take down Seoul Nanshan, but he still failed in disappointment. The Zhongqing Road south of Seoul had 20,000 Ming troops waiting for battle and could send troops at any time to force him to not push all his troops. The Ming army fleet on Pi Island went ashore and attacked from time to time, threatening the Qing army's food route and restraining most of his troops. Dorgon had ordered him to augment the Qing army's return to Liaodong. These things were enough to make Lukedehun's headache.

In the eyes of most of the high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, there is no need to invest too much troops in the bitter and cold land of North Korea. Too much investment, but the profit is almost no. In this regard, Luke Dehun is no different from them. But when he was in North Korea and saw the rapid growth of the Ming army, he deeply felt a possible threat in the future. He attacked Seoul in Nanshan many times, hoping to take it down in one fell swoop, so as to try his best to eliminate the biggest threat to Seoul before withdrawing his troops. Unfortunately, he failed. I am afraid that the Ming army in Seoul in Nanshan will bring him endless trouble for a long time.

Luke Dehun finally sighed, turned his head and said to Li Rutai: "Send people to inform Luo Luohun and Kong Tingxun, and let them lead their troops to retreat to Liaodong one after another."

Li Rutai knelt on one knee and beat a thousand times: "Master wise."

Lukedhon shook his head and sneered, "Yingming? Nothing. If you lose, you will lose. I can afford to lose."

Li Shutai said: "Master, a temporary defeat is not a defeat. Now the Ming army relies on the fleet to block our army's grain route from Pi Island to transport grain from Liaodong to here. The consumption on the road is much greater than the arrival. As long as the Ming army maintains the fleet, there will be endless food and supplies transported from Denglai. If you want to defeat the Ming army, you must first destroy their fleet. As long as you succeed, not only will the Ming army in North Korea face a situation of overall collapse, but the Ming army in Jin and Fuzhou will also be in trouble. It is not a good idea to compete with the Ming army on the road."

Lukedhon said in a deep voice: "I know you have always wanted the Kagoshima clan to build ships and train navy for me. But judging from the previous interactions with them, these people are wild wolves, and they will never attack if they can't see their prey. I asked them to send troops from the south several times, but what about them! They had to wait until we fought with the Ming army to the death before they were willing to send troops. So far, only some soldiers have been sent to pretend to be Japanese pirates and rob the coastal villages. How can such people believe them?"

Li Rutai smiled and said, "The master can see through it. But the Japanese pirates are facing the sea and have developed ships. The Qing Dynasty started in Liaodong, and the infantry and cavalry are the best in the world, but this navigation technique is really not as good as them. Although they are ambitions, if they want to defeat the Ming army's fleet, they can only rely on them. Master, let's temporarily agree to their proposal! After conquering the entire North Korea, they will ceded Jeolla and Gyeongshang to them. After all, that is the territory of the Ming army."

Lukede said, "But where Li Fei?"

Li Rutai said: "If it weren't for me, the Qing Dynasty, how could he become the King of Korea? Now he only lets him cede two places, and he is too late to be grateful!"

Lukedehun finally nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go and tell him, when are you going?"

Li Lutai said: "In just a few days, another 3,000 people need to be selected."

Shortly afterwards, Luo Luohun and Kong Tingxun led more than 10,000 Qing troops to withdraw from North Korea, while Li Rutai took his soldiers who had been trained in Liaodong and selected in North Korea, a total of 5,000 people to Tsushima Island. There, the Kagoshima clan would provide them with ships and train watermen.

In this way, there were only 5,000 Qing troops left in the North Korean army, which was difficult to compete with the Ming army. In order to completely tie Li Wei to the Qing Dynasty, Luke Dehun married Li Wei Xiaoming's wife and controlled North Korea's military and political power. Under his coercion and temptation, Li Wei finally signed an agreement with the Kagoshima clan, promising to ced the southernmost Jeolla and Gyeongsang-jidao after regaining North Korea in the future.

This move caused a stir in North Korea. Although most people dare not speak due to the situation, they secretly tended to Li Dee-in in Seoul, Namshan. After all, the Koreans' resentment towards the Japanese is much higher than that of others. Many people crossed the front line and went to surrender to South Korea ruled by Lee Dee-in.

Japanese shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was unwilling to offend the Ming Dynasty, but he was unwilling to give up such an opportunity, so he acquiesced to the Kagoshima clan's actions. In addition to helping the Qing Dynasty train naval commanders, the Kagoshima clan also recruited a large number of down-and-out samurai in the territory, transported them to North Korea, or harassed the Ming army's cloud grain ships on a boat, pretending to be Japanese pirates or pirates to assist the Qing army in fighting.

At the same time, due to insufficient troops, Luke Dehun also began to take a defensive stance in North Korea. He left some elite troops in Seoul and retreated the main army to the easy-to-defend Kaesong line to build defensive facilities. At the same time, he began to recruit a large number of Koreans to join the army to supplement the problem of insufficient troops in his own army.

The two armies fought many times, and each other had a victory or defeat, but neither of them had the strength to defeat each other in one fell swoop. After winter, the weather was cold and the land was frozen, and North Korea was seriously short of food. In addition, the war continued to stop, and a large number of people died of starvation. Tens of thousands of people died in one month. Because of this reason, the two armies temporarily stopped fighting.

At the foot of Liangfu Mountain in Xintai, a team of cavalrymen were racing along the official road in the darkness of the night.

The horsemen were all wearing armor, long swords on their waists, and bows and arrows on their backs. They were all majestic and majestic. Although they were running for a long distance, they did not look tired on their faces. They were obviously elite in the army. They were all Mongolian horses. Although they were not tall, they had excellent endurance and were most suitable for long-distance raids.

As soon as they passed a mountain pass, they heard a loud shout. More than a dozen guards suddenly rushed out around, holding bows and arrows, forming a circle facing the horse's cavalry.

The cavalry at the front tightly slammed the reins, and the entire horse team stopped urgently.

The guard shouted loudly: "Who is ahead? Dismount quickly." The torch also ignited, illuminating a large area around, and dozens of bow-holding soldiers were waiting for battle higher.

Xiao Leng dismounted his horse and handed a sign to the guards. "The official of Jinan Prefecture, Xiao Leng, was ordered by the commander of the commander, led the deputy general Liu Konghe, the deputy general Gao Qi, and the guerrilla general Chen Wangxin to come, and there will be important military information reports."
Chapter completed!