Under the clear blue sky, smoke and dust billowed. The entire city of Pyongyang was shrouded in the smoke of the Ming army's artillery fire.
Amidst the roar of huge explosions, the city of Pyongyang, riddled with holes, was crumbling. Under the city wall, which was heavily bombarded by the Ming army, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers were ready to go. Just waiting for the moment the city wall collapsed, they roared in.
Bang, there was another loud noise.
Pyongyang's city wall trembled twice, and then there was a crashing sound of masonry breaking. Immediately afterwards, there was another surge like a dragon turning over and the sky falling. The city wall of Pyongyang was visible to the naked eye.
A huge gap appears.
First, the green bricks of the outer wall fell off, and then the rammed earth inside fell into pieces. When the rising smoke dissipated, the collapsed city wall formed a messy slope directly at the gap in the Pyongyang city wall.
The city is broken!
Tens of thousands of Ming troops suddenly let out a shocking shout.
Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, was standing in front of the army. He raised his arms and shouted, "Sons, follow me and fight in! Kill!"
In an instant, tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city began to charge toward the gap in Pyongyang's city wall like a torrent.
But after just a few steps, the person in front stopped in surprise.
Several white flags were hung from the gaps in the city wall. Several Goryeo officers, covered in dust and unable to stand in the smoke, stood under the white flags and shouted.
Master Wang is on top, we are surrendering, we are surrendering!
Then, the tightly closed Pyongyang City Gate slowly opened a gap. Many high-ranking officials from Korea knelt humbly outside the door, holding Pyongyang's household registration list and other items.
The Koreans surrendered!
Your Highness has an order to stop the siege!
The personal guards of the emperor's grandson immediately rode forward and shouted loudly among the attacking Ming army.
Damn it! Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He looked coldly at the surrenderers kneeling outside the city gate and cursed, "If you don't surrender sooner or later, you will surrender as soon as I am about to attack the city!"
Damn you!
Zhu Yunxi was a little surprised by the sudden surrender of the Koreans. However, if he thought about it carefully, surrendering at this time was in line with the temperament of the Koreans.
Unless you slap them in the face, you will never know the pain. It is such a kind of beating that you don’t remember to eat!
Go and take the judge Yin and others from Pyongyang City to me! Zhu Yunxi said.
Li Jinglong agreed and rode away with dozens of personal guards. After a while, like herding sheep, he escorted a group of officials who looked pampered to Zhu Yunxi in front of him.
The emperor's grandson Yujia of the Ming Dynasty is here and he still doesn't kneel down! Li Jinglong shouted angrily.
The officials in Pyongyang City were shaking like chaff and did not dare to look at Zhu Yunxi under the yellow umbrella. They knelt down in fear and kept shouting that His Highness is a thousand years old.
Zhu Yunxi was sitting under the umbrella, with no expression on his face. Pyongyang Magistrate Yin, step forward!
Pyongyang Judge Yin Puchang used his hands and feet, almost crawling to Zhu Yunxi's feet.
The guilty minister Puchang of this country has met His Highness the Grandson of the Ming Dynasty! His Highness is a thousand years old!
Zhu Yunxi crossed his legs and asked, why didn't you surrender earlier?
Your Highness! Pu Changhao said loudly and horrified, the guilty ministers and others have wanted to surrender for a long time, how could the small country of Goryeo dare to stand in the way of the Ming Dynasty's majestic army. However, the guilty ministers and others are only civil servants, and the military power in the city is in the hands of the Li family's henchman Pang Guang.
Here, the guilty ministers and others cannot be dispatched at all!
Oh? Then why, is it suddenly possible again? Zhu Yunxi asked jokingly.
Returning to His Majesty, His Majesty led the army of the Ming Dynasty to conquer Li's unconquered ministers. Pang Guangda overestimated his own capabilities and tried to block the chariot with his arms, which made people and gods angry......
At that moment, Park Chang recounted exactly what happened in Pyongyang.
Zhu Yunxi listened silently, with a bit of disgust on his face. These people were obviously greedy for life and afraid of death, but they could find many high-sounding reasons.
But these people are not bad for being used as dogs for Ming Dynasty!
At this time, Zhu Di, who was standing behind Zhu Yunxi, lowered his head and said coldly, "Why should Your Highness talk to such despicable and shameless villains? Kill them directly. Leaving them alive in the world will be a disaster!"
Hearing this, Pu Changhao was so horrified that he almost fainted on the spot, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
I don't like these people, but if I kill them with one knife, it won't be justified. After all, they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty! Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly and continued to speak, where is the Cao Canjun who planned to kill Pang Guangda? Come forward and let Gu have a look.
!
After the words fell, among the surrendered ministers of Goryeo, a man in his thirties also prostrated at the feet of Zhu Yunxi. Cui Minzhe, the guilty minister of the country, knelt down to His Highness the Grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor!
Zhu Yunxi took a few glances and found that this man was quite handsome and his face was quite calm.
Cui, is the surname of Goryeo! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Returning to your highness, the ancestors of guilty ministers are the Cui family of Shandong. They moved to Goryeo from the Central Plains due to wars during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Cui Minzhe kowtowed again and said with a serious face, "I am a remnant of China, and I am absolutely different from the Cui family of Goryeo."
Training. The Chinese bloodline will never be forgotten from generation to generation!
The Cui family in Shandong can be traced back to Jiang Taigong. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was also one of the most aristocratic families in the Central Plains.
It turned out to be a queen from a famous family! Zhu Yunxi's attitude was slightly milder and asked, "I want to ask you, Pyongyang has surrendered the city, how should we deal with the aftermath?"
The guilty minister thought that it was enough to let the officials in the city perform their duties and stabilize the place! Cui Minzhe said without thinking, the people actually don't care whether the Li family is the King of Goryeo, what they care about is just their own small life! Saying,
After a pause, he spoke with some hesitation, if His Highness wants Pyongyang to have long-term peace and stability, he must treat the Korean gentry well, restrain the military discipline of the Chinese army, and not kill innocent people indiscriminately...
Presumptuous! Li Jinglong yelled loudly, how can you preach in front of His Highness? Come on, pull it down...
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, and Li Jinglong fell silent.
You're right! Zhu Yunxi looked at Cui Minzhe and smiled a little. However, you also said some things wrong. What I want is not long-term peace and stability, but to return Pyongyang to the territory of China.
Pyongyang was originally the capital of Jizi Korea, (uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty) and then belonged to Weiman Korea. (Weiman, a native of Yan State in the Warring States Period) By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China destroyed Weiman and established four Han counties, and Pyongyang was called Lelang
county!
This place has been the land of China since ancient times. I just want Lelang County to return the complete jade to Zhao and recognize my ancestors!
Your Highness is a saint, and the ancestors of the guilty ministers moved here just because this place is the old land of China! Cui Minzhe immediately understood Zhu Yunxi’s intention and said, the small country of Goryeo should be punished for stealing the old land of China!
Zhu Yunxi smiled, pointed at Pyongyang, which had opened its gates to the Ming army, and said loudly, from now on, there will be no Pyongyang city, only Beichang Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty.
Beichang means prosperity in the north.
With that said, Zhu Yunxi looked at Cui Minzhe, "Gu, I will let you be the envoy of Beichang Prefecture until the war in Goryeo is over. I will ask the officials to grant you the official seal, robes and other items of the Ming Dynasty!"
Cui Minzhe was overjoyed and kowtowed, my ministers, to bring peace... One hundred thousand people in Beichang Prefecture kowtowed to thank His Highness for bestowing the name! As he said this, he wailed and said, Beichang has been occupied by Goryeo for thousands of years, and now it has returned.
The territory of China, we and the remaining Chinese people will die without regrets.
Your Highness, the Eternal Saint King, will be praised by the people of the North for eternity!
Zhu Yunxi smiled faintly, stood up and said, "Enter the city!"
At this time, several war horses came galloping not far away.
Your Highness, there is a military report! Li Jinglong is standing by to remind you.
Afterwards, several experienced knights strode forward. The leader was none other than Zhang Fu, who was fighting with the cavalry in the army of Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi.
Zhang Fu arrived in front of Zhu Yunxi, knelt down and kowtowed, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Yan Wang Zhu Di behind Zhu Yunxi, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
But Marquis Dingyuan has military intelligence? Zhu Yunxi asked.
Returning to Your Highness, Dingyuan Marquis led four thousand cavalry to harass the Korean's twenty thousand cavalry. Zhang Fu said, "The two sides fought several times with each winning or losing. When the Korean cavalry arrived at Anzhou City, they wanted to intercept our grain road.
But it all came to nothing.
The Koreans became so angry that they chased after Marquis Dingyuan and refused to let go. Now they are heading towards Pyongyang!
Well done! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "I don't want to go looking for them anymore. I sent an order to go down and annihilate all 20,000 cavalry!"