Liu Qiong led the army to the south bank. The morale of the 30,000 Japanese soldiers collapsed and they fled in all directions. However, they could not outrun the cavalry and were hunted down by the cavalry. They killed corpses all over the field and screamed loudly.
By night, almost all the Japanese soldiers crossing to the south were killed, and all the corpses were thrown into the Imjin River. They were soon washed into the sea by the river and fed to fish and shrimps.
Yong's army began to re-build a pontoon bridge to cross the river. That night, in a temporary marching tent, hosted by Hu Yun, Gao Ding, Liu Ji and Liu Qiong gathered to discuss the next action plan.
Hu Yun smiled and said to the three of them: "Currently we have two targets, one is Goryeo and the other is tens of thousands of Japanese troops. I suggest splitting it into two. One part of the army will deal with the Goryeo army, and the other part will continue to annihilate the Japanese army. Let's see.
Which of you is willing to stay and fight with me against Goryeo?"
Gao Ding raised his hands and said: "Shilang Hu, they have both opened their doors, but I haven't had a chance yet. I want to pursue the Japanese army!"
Liu Qiong smiled and said: "In that case, then I will stay and cooperate with Mr. Hu!"
Seeing that Liu urged him not to object, Hu Yun nodded, "That's it. General Liu will stay and cooperate with me!"
Several people tacitly understood that Hu Yun stopped Liu Ji from using the heads of Japanese soldiers to build the Jingguan, which made Liu Ji somewhat unhappy. It was obviously inappropriate for Liu Ji to stay and cooperate with Hu Yun, so Liu Qiong took the initiative to stay.
This is also the tacit understanding between the three people.
Liu, who had been silent, urged: "The most serious problem for the Japanese army now is probably the lack of food. Their logistics have been cut off, and the food in their hands will not last long, so they send small teams to loot food everywhere. I guess it is also their right to withdraw."
The plan is that they still want to go south. Now that Liu Qiong's army is moving north, the south is empty. I suggest that we send an army to go south first to cut off their retreat."
Hu Yun nodded, "General Liu said a lot. There are mountainous areas to the east, and there is no population and food. The Japanese army cannot support them. They can only go south, so they must send cavalry to go south quickly to cut off their retreat."
Gaoding also agreed: "Let me do it! I will lead 50,000 cavalry to intercept the enemy in the south. Even if the army from the north does not arrive in time, the 50,000 cavalry will be enough to annihilate the opponent."
Hu Yun quickly said: "Bring more iron fire thunder, it's best to bring that God of Thunder with you!"
Everyone laughed together.
Of course Lei Shen would not bring any more, but Huo Lei did bring a lot. Gaoding led an army of 50,000 people across the Imjin River southward that night, and detoured eastward to intercept the Japanese troops escaping south.
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The King of Goryeo is currently Wang Kai, but the family currently in power in Goryeo is the Lee family of Gyeongju. Wang Kai's grandfather, Li Ziqian, became the prime minister and was named the Duke of Korea, holding the power of the court.
In order to control Wang Kai, Li Ziqian married his two younger daughters to Wang Kai. This was actually a marriage between his two aunts and his nephew, which was against human ethics, but in the face of power, this bit of human ethics was nothing.
Another powerful official in charge of the army was Tuo Junjing. He and Li Ziqian were related to each other. They were both civil and military, and they firmly controlled the power of Goryeo.
However, Li Ziqian and Tuo Junjing have been having a really hard time in the past few years. First, they followed the Jin Kingdom to invade the Song Dynasty, which almost drained the young men dry. Then, the Jin Kingdom invaded, and the wealth of Goryeo was plundered by the Jin Kingdom, and the population died.
More than half of the remaining hundreds of thousands of young and strong men were snatched away by the Jin Kingdom.
Now Goryeo has basically become a country of old, weak, women and children. Unfortunately, the house leaks and it rains all night long. The Japanese invasion has devastated Goryeo. The Japanese army came from the east, burning, killing and looting all the way. The last battle of Goryeo was
Any hope was completely extinguished.
The Japanese army attacked Kaijing for more than half a month, but all the residents defended the city to the death. However, after all, there were only 50,000 defenders. The number of defenders became smaller and smaller as the war continued, and there were less than 20,000 left. Seeing that Kaijing was about to break the city, it happened to be here
At the critical moment, the Japanese army stopped attacking the city.
None of the kings and ministers in the city knew what had happened. At this time, news came that Yong's army was marching south.
In the court, Prime Minister Li Ziqian was in a heavy mood. He sighed and said to the other two important ministers, Tuo Junjing, Minister of War, and Jin Fushi, the minister: "I didn't expect that the Yong Dynasty would really use troops against us. I always thought that the Yong army was busy dealing with Xiliao.
He and the grassland had no time to take care of us. Unexpectedly, the Yong army came anyway, and Li Zhen’s information was completely wrong!"
Jin Fushi, the attendant, was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it a good thing for Yong's army to go south? At least it saves us from the mouths of Japanese wolves. If the Japanese break the city, they will definitely slaughter the whole city with their brutality. We can escape now."
You should feel lucky to be alive."
Tuo Junjing said slowly: "What Li Xiangguo means is that the Yong army also comes with bad intentions."
Li Ziqian nodded, "We have always been hostile to the Yong Dynasty before. We did not attend the coronation ceremony of their new emperor, and even sent ships to attempt to seize Jeju Island, not to mention sending people to steal their military technology. With our attitude, the Yong army
How could they send troops to help us? It must be someone with bad intentions!"
Jin Fushi was silent and said for a long time: "If we surrender to the Yong Dynasty and become a Yong Dynasty vassal state, can we negotiate a settlement?"
"Of course this is the best ending, but I'm afraid the other party won't meet such conditions!"
At this moment, Pu Shengzhong, the Minister of Rites, hurriedly came to report, "Yong Jun sent someone to deliver a message!"
The three of them stood up together, and Li Ziqian asked anxiously: "Where is the messenger?"
"Waiting just outside the court!"
Li Ziqian said quickly: "Please invite him in quickly!"
Not long after, a young civil servant came in. The official's name was Cui Xiang. He joined the army under Hu Yun. He passed the Jinshi examination two years ago and became the boss of Chencang County. This time he was selected by Hu Yun to bring Goryeo to Goryeo.
He was not the only civil servant to come. A total of thirty-seven people came, and they would all stay in Goryeo as officials in the future.
Cui Xiang clasped his fists in a salute and said, neither humble nor arrogant: "I, Cui Xiang, have been ordered by my servant to deliver a letter to the king of your country. I hope to convey it to you!"
After saying that, he took out a letter and presented it. One of his subordinates took the letter and handed it to Li Ziqian. Li Ziqian read the letter, handed it to the other two people and said: "This is Hu Yun, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Yong Dynasty. He is the special envoy of the Emperor of the Yong Dynasty.
At the same time, we will conduct negotiations to resolve the crisis currently facing Goryeo."
Jin Fushi read the letter and said: "If you can avoid war, try to avoid war. Let's test it first to see what the other party means."
They are all proficient in Chinese, but they converse in Korean, which they do not want the other party to understand.
Li Ziqian also agreed, "Let Park Shengzhong go!"
"No!"
Jin Fushi quickly objected: "The other party is the Minister of Civil Affairs of the Celestial Dynasty, with the title of Prime Minister, and is also the special envoy of King Yong. Park Shengzhong is just the Minister of Rites. The etiquette is inconsistent and will anger the other party!"
Tuo Junjing shook his head and said: "Actually, we don't ask Park Shengzhong to negotiate. We just ask him to send a letter to express our willingness to negotiate and test the other party's intentions."
Jin Fushi thought about it and it was right. Park Shengzhong corresponded to the other party's messenger Cui Xiang, which was not a big problem, so he agreed, "The three of us jointly wrote a letter to respond to Hu Shilang!"
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Fifty thousand Yong troops set up camp outside the city. Inside the tent, Liu Qiong asked curiously: "I wonder what your Majesty plans to do with Goryeo?"
Hu Yun smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty means to activate the Xizhou Uighur Mode!"
Anxi was conquered by Liu Qiong. How could he not understand? He immediately understood that the so-called Xizhou Uighur model was to retain the King of Gaochang and give the Uighur people an emotional support. The Xizhou Uighurs did not destroy the country.
His King of Gaochang is still there, but in fact the Xizhou Uighurs no longer have a court or army, and officials in various places are all officials appointed by the Ministry of Personnel, including Han officials and Uighur officials, all of whom are loyal to the Yong Kingdom.
Liu Qiong was overjoyed, "This plan is good!"
He suddenly hesitated and said: "The other party will never accept this plan. Is negotiation meaningful?"
Hu Yun shook his head, "The so-called negotiation is just to give them face and allow them to surrender decently. To put it bluntly, it is to be polite before fighting!"
At this time, a soldier reported outside the tent: "Report to the Minister of Rites, the other party has sent the Minister of Rites to reply with a letter!"