On North Korea's dilapidated dirt road, the 3rd Division Engineering Corps is repairing the road in front of the team.
Cui Xiuzhu rode a horse and walked in the middle of the team.
He saw the artillery regiment stop again to disassemble the artillery carriage, and soldiers carried each component across the road ahead.
The roads here in North Korea are too bad.
They were walking on the official road, which was full of potholes.
The road has been flooded for a long time and no one has repaired it.
Some pits are as deep as two or three meters and have turned into small ponds.
When Cui Xiuzhu saw this road situation, he could only send engineering troops to repair the road first.
The speed of road construction is very slow, which affects the marching speed of the army.
Cui Xiuzhu turned to look at Lu Yan, chief of staff of the Third Division.
The Third Division Zhu Shi Huang Kaixuan stayed at Incheon Port and was responsible for the operation of the port.
"Chief of Staff Lu Yan, I originally thought that the North Korean army would be an obstacle to us.
Unexpectedly, North Korea's dilapidated roads would become an obstacle to our march."
Lu Yan, Chief of Staff of the Third Division, replied: “My first impression of the North Korean army was that it was turning like the wind.
I have never seen an army so skilled in escaping.
The armies we encountered before were fought and found to be unwinnable.
The army will collapse and flee everywhere quickly.
The North Korean army basically never fought with us. When they saw us, they immediately fled.
I have never fought such an easy battle since I joined the army.
The North Korean army is not very effective in combat.
They are familiar with the local terrain and can run really fast.
They escaped through a small road. We were not familiar with the road conditions and did not dare to chase them.
The reconnaissance battalion reported that the North Korean troops in Incheon City had arrived in Seoul.
It is expected that when we attack Seoul, these troops will flee again, probably to Pyongyang.
March this way.
Some people who don't know the situation will resist us.
We have not encountered any North Korean troops who dared to resist."
When Cui Xiuzhu heard Lu Yan's words, a faint smile appeared on her face.
He now has no worries about the Third Division completing the tasks set by the Corps Commander.
The North Korean army's combat capabilities are too poor and their performance is too useless.
The Third Division was not only able to capture Seoul, Cui Xiuzhu believed that they would have no problem with all the cities in southern Korea.
The North Korean army wears armor, carries swords and guns, and has relatively good weapons and equipment, but they just dare not go to the battlefield.
Cui Xiuzhu was curious, why is the North Korean army so weak?
He asked Lu Yan: "Chief of Staff Lu Yan, are you interrogating the small number of North Korean troops captured by our army to understand their combat effectiveness and why they are so weak?
I have seen the information issued by the military department before, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the North Korean army is extremely weak.
But it has not reached the situation of not daring to respond to the enemy and running away when encountering the enemy."
Lu Yan explained with a smile: "I feel like laughing when I think of these prisoners captured by our army.
These prisoners ran too fast and lost the local guide.
Because they were not familiar with the roads, they did not escape and were directly caught by us.
After my interrogation, I learned that these people all belonged to the Eight Banners of Korea.
In order to stabilize the situation in North Korea, the Jiannu restructured the North Korean army into the Eight Banners system.
These Korean Eight Banners were all ordinary Korean soldiers before.
During the battle with our army, he made great contributions and was raised as the Eight Banners of Korea.
Many of their officers were injured in battles with our army and came here to train the Eight Banners of Korea and recuperate at the same time.
These North Korean Eight Banners officers have seen the power of our army's guns and artillery.
Each of them was assigned land and coated slaves.
In the minds of these North Korean soldiers.
They are no longer ordinary soldiers, they belong to the master.
Everyone becomes life-conscious.
From top to bottom, the army has become life-saving.
Coupled with the fact that the slaves seized the rights of the Korean king, their rule was not yet stable.
Many of the top soldiers at the bottom of North Korea cannot accept this.
Many Korean Eight Banners obeyed and disobeyed orders to build slaves, and did not want to sacrifice their lives for the slaves.
The Jiannu usually relied on the real Tatars to command the Eight Banners of Korea.
However, due to the intense fighting near Pyongyang, a large number of real Tatars were deployed to the battlefield near Pyongyang.
Jiannu believed that the southern part of Korea was safer and the real Tatars staying here were.
Most of them are playboys from the aristocracy, and they do not have the ability to control the army.
The combination of these reasons will lead to the North Korean Eight Banners' first choice when encountering our troops, and they will run away."
Cui Xiuzhu listened to Chief of Staff Lu's story.
The smile on his face became even brighter. If the Eight Banners of Korea were all at this level, he would not worry about the future war.
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Cui Xiuzhu stood on the city wall of Seoul.
There are a large number of North Korean prisoners outside the city, who are transporting large amounts of supplies under the guard of soldiers.
It only took their third division one month to completely occupy southern Korea.
The battle progressed so easily that even Cui Xiuzhu couldn't believe it.
After Cui Xiuzhu captured Incheon, he directly led troops to attack Seoul.
Before attacking the city, he had already found out that Seoul was defended by Eight Banners soldiers, and the general was a real Tatar named Fulihe.
He is a true Tatar of the Aisin Gioro family.
Cui Xiuzhu felt that they were going to fight a tough battle.
The Eight Banners of Korea were stationed in the city, so there was no place to run, and there were real Tatars as supervising troops.
These Korean Eight Banners will also fight hard to save their lives.
Their performance at the beginning of defending the city was remarkable.
The artillery regiment of the Third Division arrived at the gates of Seoul.
They attacked Seoul, which had no artillery to defend the city.
The artillery of the artillery regiment has no rivals. They can be placed at the best siege angle and bombard Seoul indiscriminately.
The artillery regiment quickly blew down the walls of Seoul.
Frihrich led a group of Eight Banners soldiers to escape directly from the city.
The morale of the defenders, who originally still had some morale, collapsed.
Cui Xiuzhu led the third division and rushed into Seoul.
The Third Division directly captured the largest city in southern Korea.
After Cui Xiuzhu captured Seoul, he had two choices.
Attack Pyongyang to the west, or capture other cities in southern Korea to control the entire southern Korea.
The information brought by the navy made Cui Xiuzhu make up her mind.
The military commander acted very conservatively in the Pyongyang area.
Now it is mainly the Korean New Army and the Korean Eight Banners that are the main forces fighting.
To outsiders, it feels like military training.
But Cui Xiuzhu knew that the army commander was buying time for herself.
The army commander is not in a hurry, and neither is Cui Xiuzhu.
He chose to send troops to capture various areas in southern Korea.
After stabilizing the rear, the main force of the Third Division attacked Pyongyang westward, directly cutting off Jiannu's retreat.
Cui Xiuzhu saw Chief of Staff Lu Yan approaching.
He asked: "How prepared are we?"
Lu Yan talked about what he did during this time.
"It's basically ready and ready to go at any time.
The basic situation in southern Korea can be controlled.
In the name of King Li Hao of Korea, we recruited children from poor families to manage some counties.
We don’t understand Korean, but these Korean scholars still know the written Chinese characters.
Coupled with the name of the North Korean monarch Li Hao and the strong deterrent power of our army.
There is absolutely no problem in letting these people manage the place.
If our army controls military power, there won't be any big mistakes.
The two cities of Seoul and Incheon are under military control by us.
Leave a regiment of troops to control the surrounding situation."
Cui Xiuzhu said: "The two of us are going to the front line, so let Huang Zhushi stay and be responsible for military control here."
Cui Xiuzhu pointed at these North Korean prisoners transporting supplies and said: "I am also ready.
With these Korean prisoners helping to transport supplies, our army will march very quickly.
We need to take the land route to attack Pyongyang, and we need to capture several inland cities, so we cannot ask the navy for help.
These North Korean prisoners made full use of their resources and transported large amounts of supplies.
In this way, our army can advance lightly and conserve its physical strength to cope with the subsequent battle situation."
After Lu Yan and Cui Xiuzhu discussed it, they went to Zhu Shi Huang Kaixuan to discuss it.
The three of them reached a consensus.
Lu Yan took out a pen and started writing a report.
He wrote the report and translated it into cipher text.
"Division Commander, this report is handed over to the Seventh Army Headquarters by the Navy.
The speed of naval ships is definitely faster than our movement on the road.
After the army commander knows about our army's actions, he will definitely cooperate with our army."
Cui Xiuzhu led the third division, starting from Seoul, and began to attack Pyongyang.
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In Dorgon's mansion in Pyongyang City, he was suddenly woken up by a piece of bad news while he was sleeping soundly.
Dorgon immediately tidied up his clothes and met with General Furich of Seoul in his study.
He asked loudly: "What did you say? You lost Seoul.
I am sending you to guard the southern part of Korea. I do not ask for any meritorious service from you. I only hope that you can defend the city well.
Now you tell me that Seoul was not defended."
When Dorgon heard the news, he was extremely angry.
Seoul was the retreat he prepared for Hou Jin.
Once the war in Pyongyang becomes tense, the main personnel of the Later Jin Dynasty will move to Seoul.
He would even continue to conquer the Japanese country and restore the glory of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Now all these preparations have disappeared with the fall of Seoul.
Only an area around Pyongyang was left in Houjin.
They also faced off against Dahua troops in the west of Pyongyang City.
Once the war in Pyongyang and the West goes bad, they will have no way to retreat.
Dorgon picked up the teacup next to him and smashed it directly at Frih.
There was a loud bang and the tea cup shattered and fell to the ground.
Frih's forehead was smashed and bleeding profusely.
Frih was hit by a tea cup and bled, but he still knelt in front of Dorgon.
Dorgon roared angrily: "Get out, get out of here.
Tomorrow you will go to the front line with your coated slaves."
Dorgon saw that Fulihe was from the Aixinjueluo family and spared his life.
Nowadays, the Aixinjueluo people are very rare.
The mistake has been made, and there is no way to undo it even if he is executed.
Dorgon chose to let Frich take the blame and make meritorious deeds.
He was able to kill several Dahua soldiers, which was enough to atone for his sins.
After Frih was dragged out of the study, Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng standing in the corner.
"Fan Wencheng, do you know the details of what happened in the south?"
Fan Wencheng saw that Dorgon was still angry.
He could only bite the bullet and said: "Prince Regent, I have learned about the war situation in southern Korea."
Dorgon walked around the house several times, thinking about ways to break the situation.
Hearing Fan Wencheng's words, he stopped circling and stared at Fan Wencheng.
Fan Wencheng's forehead was covered with sweat and he said: "Prince Regent, I understand that the Dahua army is heading to southern Korea on a sea ship.
We have no navy in Houjin, so this tactic is impossible to defend against.
In order to deal with the Han attack, we have gathered the Eight Banners disciples from all over the country and eliminated a large number of Korean Eight Banners in the south.
There are some old and weak people left in the southern part of North Korea, and they have no way to defend the city."
Dorgon threw out the tea cup and hit Fan Wencheng.
"What do you know?"
After Fan Wencheng was hit, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty the Regent, this servant is wrong."
Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng who kept kowtowing.
He was extremely anxious. This was a mistake in his judgment.
There are not enough troops left in the southern part of Korea.
This resulted in the southern part of North Korea being occupied by the Dahua army.
Pyongyang has become an isolated city, and they now have no room to move.
Dorgon mobilized the Eight Banners soldiers from the south, but there was nothing he could do.
The troops in his hands were originally weaker than the army of the Great China Dynasty.
Without concentrating its forces, it resisted the main attack of the Dahua army.
The main force of Dahua's army can break Pyongyang, and they have no chance to develop stably.
Dorgon thought of Dutch merchants teaching their craftsmen how to make cannons.
The large number and excellent artillery are Dorgon's only chance to make a comeback.
Otherwise, only slow death awaits them.
Once the Chinese armies from the east and west encircle Pyongyang City.
Even if they don't attack, they just blockade the city of Pyongyang.
With the supplies in Pyongyang City, the Eight Banners soldiers could not hold on for a long time.
Dorgon asked Fan Wencheng: "What's going on with the artillery we made?"
When Fan Wencheng heard Dorgon's question, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Prince Regent, this servant is responsible for managing these craftsmen.
According to their reports, the quality of this batch of artillery is very good.
The artillery has been molded out of clay, and craftsmen are inspecting the artillery and performing post-processing on them.
It will take another seven days for the artillery to be fully formed.
The Dutch guided craftsmen to make the red cannon, which was much better than the red cannon we made before.
According to the craftsmen's estimates, we can probably produce three hundred Hongyi cannons.
There are three hundred red barbarian cannons, and the slave believes that there should be no problem in defending Pyongyang City and its surrounding areas.
It is now November, it has started to snow, and the weather is getting colder day by day.
Most of the Dahua army is from the south, and they have not experienced fighting in cold areas.
The slave predicts that the temperature this year will be colder than in previous years.
We can definitely use winter as a favorable opportunity to defeat the Dahua army."
When Dorgon heard what Fan Wencheng said, he laughed happily.
"Fan Wencheng, it's no wonder that Huang Taiji valued you so much before.
You really have some abilities.
It is difficult for me to defeat Dahua now, but I still have the ability to delay the war."
Fan Wencheng kowtowed and said, "The regent is showing his love, but I just have some quick wits."
Dorgon thought for a while and continued to give instructions: "Fan Wencheng, be prepared.
I will continue to increase recruitment to the Korean Eight Banners.
Whether it's military pay or land for the Eight Banners, you are responsible for raising it.
I don't care how you raise money, I just need you to complete this task."
After Dorgon finished his instructions, he clenched his fists and said: "A temporary failure is nothing. As long as there is one Korean left, the Eight Banners will never be destroyed!"