More than 3,000 Goryeo civilians were captured by the Ming army during the rout.
The rest of the civilians went into the mountains, and the Ming Dynasty Qiaoqi was too lazy to waste time catching them.
The Goryeo soldiers gained more by being captured, because the civilians were frightened and ran away immediately, but the soldiers were ordered by Zheng Zhongfu to form a formation.
Now, all the soldiers handed over their armor and knelt on the ground.
The guide rushed to the civilian husband on horseback and said to the frightened civilian husband: "Put on armor and pick up weapons. You escort the captured soldiers, and those soldiers are responsible for transporting grain and grass. As long as they arrive in Kaicheng, everyone will be rewarded with two measures of rice!"
The civilians put on the armor tremblingly, but most of them didn't know how to put it on.
The guide selected dozens of captured soldiers to teach them step by step.
After struggling for a long time, the heavily armed Goryeo civilians escorted the captured soldiers to transport food to Kaesong.
One thousand Ming Xiaoqi were divided into two groups.
The five hundred knights went straight to Kaicheng right after the battle. The remaining five hundred knights followed the prisoners and provisions.
On the way, they also encountered the ancestral home of the Han family in Kaizhou. Li Junyi led the Ming Dynasty Xiaoqi and captured dozens of Han family's children nearby.
There were also a few Han family members who ran very fast and fled to Kaicheng on horseback.
"The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!"
A Han family member was the first to arrive outside the city and shouted in terror at the defenders.
This guy was put into the city by the soldiers, and soon a bunch of civil and military personnel came after hearing the news.
Li Shaoying asked: "How many Ming troops came?"
The Han family said: "I don't know. I saw many cavalry coming. Their armor was different from that of the Goryeo soldiers. I was so frightened that I hurriedly rode to report the news."
Li Shaoying asked again: "Where are the general's troops?"
The Han family shook his head: "I don't know."
Li Yifang asked: "How far is the Ming army?"
"It's probably going to be there soon," the Han family said.
Already arriving, billowing smoke suddenly rose from the mountains to the west of Kaicheng.
Kaesong is also called Songakseong.
The northern part of the city is a continuous mountain with many pine trees, so it is called Songak Mountain.
In fact, the city is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The mountains in the north, west and southeast are the most steep, and there are also some hilly areas in other directions.
Today's Kaizhou City Wall has been built one after another for decades.
After the city was destroyed by the Liao soldiers, Goryeo recruited 340,000 civilians and only rebuilt the outer city and the palace. Later, it took another twenty years to strengthen the outer city and build the inner city wall.
Surrounded by mountains and inner and outer city walls, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
The five hundred Ming Dynasty knights, who were the vanguard, rushed outside the city and dismounted to rest.
You can't defeat it by force, you have to wait for the artillery to arrive.
Li Junyi carried Zheng Zhongfu's head, rode across the moat, and shouted towards the tower: "Zheng Zhongfu's head is here, why don't you surrender quickly!"
Li Shaoying was furious: "You traitor, you actually collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and murdered the general!"
Everyone looked at Li Yifang. Li Junyi who was shouting outside was Li Yifang's half-brother.
Li Yifang quickly said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I am loyal to Dagoryeo."
Li Shaoying really didn't dare to take action directly. If Li Yifang was killed, his troops would most likely rebel.
The civil servants who came from a wealthy family did not dare to speak at this time. They could not understand the thoughts of the warriors, and were afraid that if they surrendered rashly, they would be hacked to death by the warriors.
A civil servant who came from a poor family had more ideas.
Zheng Zhongfu promoted these poor civil servants. They were grateful to Zheng Zhongfu and could not help but feel sad when they saw his head. But their sadness was very limited. They were happy to see Ming Dynasty annex Goryeo and no longer be suppressed by the powerful families. But although they hold real power
, but at this moment, he has the least say.
Therefore, the Goryeo civil and military forces in the city were actually divided into four forces.
That is, civil servants from wealthy families, civil servants from poor families, Zheng Zhongfu is a military man, and Li Yifang is a military man!
Each has his own agenda and it is difficult to cooperate.
Just when the civil and military forces at the top of the city couldn't agree on what to do, dozens more Ming Xiaoqi came rushing over, escorting the Han clan members they had captured nearby.
"Go over and persuade us to surrender!"
A group of Han clan members, including men and women, old and young, were howling and forced to leave the city.
Vice Prime Minister Han Lai's expression changed suddenly, his biological mother was there.
After letting the Han clan cry for a while, Li Junyi began to shout again: "The Ming Dynasty sent 100,000 troops this time to capture Huangzhou and Haizhou. Zheng Zhongfu's elite army was wiped out. These Ming cavalry were just the vanguard. The 100,000 Ming troops passed by several times."
The day is coming, can you still defeat the soldiers of tomorrow?"
One hundred thousand Ming troops came?
The civil and military forces of Goryeo were horrified. They could not defeat ten thousand people, let alone one hundred thousand.
Due to Zheng Zhongfu's rebellion, Goryeo's central and local governments were separated, and all local armies were controlled by wealthy families.
The Andong Protectorate's garrison in Gyeongju was defeated by the army led by Zheng Zhongfu because it followed King Qin of the Jin family. The Annam Protectorate and Anbyon Protectorate were left. They did not obey Zheng Zhongfu's orders this time, and there was no
Send troops to defend the enemy.
There are currently only 12,000 troops in the city, including the palace guards, less than 15,000, and more than half of them are farmers recruited temporarily.
How to fight this?
Li Shaoying and Li Yifang were afraid of each other, and neither dared to take the lead in making a statement to attract the other's attack.
Fortunately, it's almost dark, so we can postpone it until tomorrow.
As a result, a group of civil and military officials, each with their own evil intentions, clamored to defend the capital.
And they also assigned tasks in a similar manner, some were responsible for arranging city defense, some were responsible for arranging logistics, and some were responsible for organizing the people.
At night.
A fire suddenly broke out in the city, and several fires broke out one after another.
The person who set the fire was also surprised, because there was more than one force setting the fire. There were insiders who made arrangements for the Ming Dynasty, there were Ming Dynasty scholars from poor families, there were wealthy civil servants who set the fire to create chaos, and there was Li Yifang, who was treasonous and collaborating with the enemy and wanted to sacrifice the city.
Why did wealthy civil servants set fires?
They want to take advantage of the chaos to take the King of Korea to the south!
There are not many Ming troops outside the city, and Kaizhou City is very large. It is a good time to lead the king to break out of the siege. If we continue to delay, when the subsequent Ming troops arrive to besiege the city, they will not be able to escape even if they want to.
"The Ming army is coming, take your majesty and escape quickly!"
A group of wealthy civil servants led their servants, and after a fire broke out in the city, they rushed to Puxian Yuan with knives and sticks.
The guards were all Zheng Zhongfu's confidants. When they heard the news of Zheng Zhongfu's death in the evening, they were already frightened and ready to run away at any time.
At this time, I heard that the Ming army was entering the city, and found that there was indeed a fire in the city. The guards guarding the king suddenly dispersed.
"Your Majesty, hurry up, we are here to rescue you!"
The leader is the cabinet minister Li Zheng, who wants to take the king to Quanzhou.
To be precise, it should be the Supreme King who has been forced to abdicate by warriors.
Wang Gou, who was placed under house arrest by powerful ministers for the third time, saw a group of civil servants rushing in and cried with joy: "Have you eradicated Zheng Zhongfu? Why did I just hear someone calling the Ming Army?"
Li Zheng grabbed Wang Gou's wrist and dragged him out: "Your Majesty, it was the Ming army that attacked the capital, and the Ming emperor wanted to annex Goryeo!"
Wang Gou was so frightened that he couldn't walk. He was trembling all over and asked, "What should we do?"
"Now that the city is in chaos and there are not many Ming troops outside the city, your majesty can just break through," Li Zheng said. "Please your majesty to hunt the whole state south, where there are also elites from the Annan Protectorate."
Wang Gou lost his mind and subconsciously followed these civil servants.
The city became increasingly chaotic, and the troops of Li Shaoying and Li Yifang were fighting each other on the city walls and streets.
There were many officials and citizens organizing firefighting, but they dispersed when encountering rioters.
The civil servant led the king into a small alley, and took out a set of servant clothes, asking the king to quickly change into it. They did not dare to light a torch, so they could only walk through the dark alley. When they rushed to Nancheng, they found that the beating was severe there, and they quickly turned around again.
To be continued...