Chapter 308 Nanjing, Hanyang
The shouts of killing were not high or fierce. The fighting will of the Korean soldiers was beyond imagination, especially after crossing the river, after piercing their outermost turtle shell, the collapse and decay inside were infected by the defeated soldiers outside and fled in panic.
It has to be said that the collapse of tens of thousands of people and the escape made the Ming army a little overwhelmed.
Because there were too many prisoners to be captured, the early Ming army had only about 10,000 river crossing troops. Ulutus saw that the vanguard performed well and continued to add troops. When all the troops crossed the river, the original Goryeo camp was a team of extremely obedient prisoners.
Due to insufficient ropes, the Ming army had no time to tie everyone up, so they could only consciously follow the people in front of them. If there was someone who could not keep up and mistakenly thought that they would run away, they would be directly shot to death by the Ming army who was escorted.
At the same time, there were a large number of Ming troops scattered to the east, south and west to pursue the prisoners. It was not until very late that it ended.
According to simple statistics from the sergeant, there were only more than 4,000 Korean soldiers killed this time, while the captive Korean soldiers were as high as 60,000. Moreover, most of the killed Korean soldiers were killed when they attacked the Ming army camp.
In the Goryeo Camp, only more than a thousand people were actually killed.
Such a result made the Ming army even more disdainful of the Goryeo people. A few military generals who were originally from Goryeo are now ashamed to admit that they are Goryeo people.
And those soldiers from Goryeo looked down on these fellow villagers from the same place. For them, such behavior would only bring shame to all Goryeo people. Moreover, after they became Ming people, they also completely cut off their former Goryeo identity in their hearts.
The next day, Ulutus left two thousand troops to guard the prisoners, and ordered reinforcements from the Zaining Plain to go to support the battlefield in the later period to escort the prisoners, so that these Korean prisoners would start from Banqiao Post and build official roads and immigration new villages to Pingzhou. In this way, the refugees from Shandong could gain a foothold in Korean as soon as possible after the arrival of the Korean refugees.
As for the value of these prisoners after use, they must have gone to the wilderness jungle in the northeast. The primitive jungle there still needs to be filled with human lives. Ulutus did not feel cruel at all with these Koreans.
Such a large army continued to travel south, and the new capital of Goryeo, Nanjing, was already in sight.
In fact, the result did not disappoint Ulutus. Before Ulutus arrived in Goryeo, the news from there was an urgent report through the navy's general. It was said that Nanjing City surrendered without a fight, and that it was the left-behind Goryeo court officials led by the pseudo-king king Wang Zhi to voluntarily go out of the city to surrender.
"This king is so tactful?" Ulutus was a little surprised when he looked at the briefing with few words.
"The king of the country doesn't know anything! The newly powerful minister of Goryeo, King Kang, not only killed Cui Yugong in his mansion, but also arrested and beheaded his accomplices. In order to eliminate all evil, he also destroyed the accomplices led by Cui Yugong. According to the spies we placed in the city at that time, it was said that there were 2,000 party members and families who were implicated at that time. The Han River in Nanjing also changed color." Gao Mingshu said with a romance.
This time, it was Zuerbiao's instruction to come to report military merits to Ulutus.
Compared with the cavalry, the navy was established for a short time, so it was only in the old battle of Shandong. Now the governor's office of the Five Armed Forces, which is mainly cavalry, is staring at the military achievements of the Japanese country. As the commander of the navy, Zuerbei didn't want to give up his military achievements just like this.
Therefore, cultivating useful military generals has become one of his most important means at present.
Ulutus saw the disagreement between the navy and the cavalry, and Ming was in his heart. Ulutus also understood the origin of this Gao Mingshi from the secret guards clearly. Although he had worked hard for the Jin Kingdom in the past, the current relationship between Ming Kingdom and Jin Kingdom is not bad. As for the differences in ethnic groups, it is not a big deal.
In addition, Gao Mingshi's performance in Busan Port is also remarkable. If he can be promoted, it is also impossible. Thinking of this, Ulutus became a little more gentle to Gao Mingshi below.
This attitude made Gao Mingshi half of his thoughts. When he was about to retreat, Ulutus directly promoted him to the Jeju Navy, and at the same time, he established a new Ming Navy. On the grounds that Zuer had outstanding military achievements and loyalty could be expressed, he directly appointed him as the governor of the Ming Navy.
Later, the Dalian Navy, Dengzhou Navy, and Jeju Navy were all under the command of the Daming Navy. The accompanying Nanjun Governor Adamhan listened to Ulutus' announcement and showed nothing on his face. However, the generals below who were not determined enough had a bad look on their faces.
In the past, the navy was just an auxiliary army of cavalry, and neither organization nor army level could be compared with the cavalry. Moreover, when it was newly established, it was still affiliated with the governor's office of the Five Army. Although the cavalry had never looked at the navy in front of it, it was not until the Battle of Shandong that Ulutus' promotion and attention of the navy became more and more obvious, and the cavalry generals became alert.
But the superiors have the intention, and no matter how reluctant the people below are, they cannot disobey them. Moreover, Ulutus was the founding king and had a high prestige in the army. Those senior generals were all promoted by him.
No matter what the reason is, these people dare not object explicitly.
Therefore, seeing that things were settled, the middle and lower-level generals of the Southern Army could only hold their breath and dare not speak out.
Gao Mingshi doesn’t care about that much!
The navy has been on par with the cavalry since then, which is a proud moment for the navy. Moreover, he also controls such an important military position as the Jeju Navy. I think in the upcoming battle to conquer the Japanese, I don’t have to worry about not having any use of the place.
He smiled happily and thanked God for his kindness, and retreated with joy.
When the army reached the city of Nanjing, the fake Goryeo King once again knelt down to welcome the arrival of Ulutus with his left-behind Goryeo courtiers.
Since there have been regulations on capitals, the scale of Nanjing City in Goryeo is larger than that of Tumen City, the current Jilin Province. However, it is slightly worse than Kaijing. Fortunately, it was not burned into white land, and because of the voluntary surrender, the inner palace and city defense buildings were well preserved.
The Ming Dynasty subsequently migrated Shandong refugees, which saved a lot of effort.
From afar, Ulutus noticed that the head of Nanjing had been changed. The word "Hanyang" became the most significant change in the Ming Dynasty to this city.
After accepting Wang Zhi's surrender, Ulutus decided to establish a new state with Hanyang as the center, from Panmenyi to Luozhou in the north, and from Luozhou in the south, with the prefecture in Hanyang. The future provincial government of Jiangnan was located in Busan, the most influential place in the Ming Dynasty.
It is close to the coast. Although it is far away from the provinces where the Ming Dynasty ruled for a long time on land, it is very close to the Jeju Navy at sea. Moreover, there is no foundation for the rule of the Goryeo people there, which has an important help for the future transformation of the Jiangnan province and the complete erase of the Goryeo mark.
In addition, in the Battle of Japan, Busan Port, which is too close to Japan, will soon become a material transfer port. This is also beneficial to the development of Busan Port.
No one doubted Ulutus' decision! The generals who were moving forward only wanted to make military achievements, but ignored the future of the Goryeo. Those Ming civil servants were all Ming people and did not care too much about the Goryeo's ideas.
Chapter completed!