Neither Obai nor Yabulan knew that the era of the white-armored soldiers of Jiannu was gone forever.
After a pause, Yabulan glanced around again and said in a deep voice: "There may be an ambush of the Ming army around. In order to avoid being ambushed, the general suggested that it is best to slow down the marching speed."
"This won't work." Li Hao became anxious, "We can't slow down."
Li Hao was worried that his third brother Li Hu would take advantage of him and lose his throne.
Although it was nice to be the consort of the Qing Dynasty, it was not as comfortable as being the king.
"Don't worry, my brother-in-law, we won't slow down the march." Obai snorted and said to Yabulan, "This is less than ten miles away from Seoul. There is absolutely no way Minggou will ambush here, so just be safe and bold.
Chase forward and order the entire army to intercept Ming Gou before entering the city!"
"Hey!" Yabulan agreed loudly.
Immediately, Jiannu moved forward to pursue at full speed.
It was also at this time that the North Korean army finally appeared in the distance.
However, these Korean troops had left a psychological shadow on Jiannu, so they only dared to follow and monitor them from a distance. They did not dare to stop or interrogate them at all. However, they sent a courier to Seoul to report the news.
It's just that these couriers simply couldn't catch up with the news to Seoul.
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At this time, the Korean King Li Jie was already heading to the north gate of Seoul in a shoulder carriage.
Behind Li Zhu were hundreds of Korean civil and military officials headed by Jin Yu, the leader of the government.
"Hurry, hurry up, hurry up." Li Zhu kept urging the palace people to speed up, and asked Park Dongxi who was following him, "Dongxi, is it true? My son is back?"
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"Your Majesty, Lord Linping is really back." Park Dongxi responded with tears.
"Okay, okay, okay, it will be good when you come back, it will be good when you come back." Li Zhu shed a line of tears as he spoke.
Speaking of which, this Li Zhu was also a hard-luck man. When he was young, he worked tremblingly in the shadow of his uncle Guanghaejun for twenty-nine years. He finally came to power through a coup. As a result, domestic rebellions broke out and he was forced to hide in Tibet.
, I couldn’t live a peaceful life for a few days.
Then, although the rebellion was suppressed, the slaves came back again.
First Ding Mao acted recklessly, and then Bingzi acted recklessly. The entire North Korea was pinned to the ground by Jiannu and rubbed mercilessly. Li Zhu himself was even forced to kneel three times and nine times before Huang Taiji as a courtier.
Even most of the concubines in the palace were snatched away by Huang Taiji.
Anyway, in the more than 20 years since he became king, North Korea has never been quiet.
Then this year, Li Zhu's body was exhausted due to excessive indulgence.
At this time, Li Zhu was particularly looking forward to the return of his two adult sons.
Because he was worried that after his death, those ministers with ulterior motives would support his young son to succeed him. In this case, the power of North Korea would fall to the side, and Lee's North Korea might become Park's North Korea or Kim's North Korea.
Because of this, Li Jie felt particularly happy when he heard that Li Jie had returned to Seoul.
The group soon arrived at Changyi Gate. Li Zhu was about to order the gate to be opened, but was stopped by Jin Yu.
"Your Majesty, you still need to be cautious." Jin Yao said, "Right now, our country, Korea, is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and we also need to verify whether there is a king of the Ming Dynasty outside the city."
"Master Ling Yizheng, outside the city is really King Ding of the Ming Dynasty."
Park Dongxi said anxiously: "Can this matter still be false?"
"Shut up." Jin Yao scolded, "There is no place for you to talk here."
Jin Yao was in charge of political affairs and the leader of the Western People's Party, so Li Zhu was also wary of him.
At that moment, Li Zhu said: "In this case, we will go to the city first. After verifying the identity of King Ding of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be too late to go out of the city to meet him. It will not take a moment to do so."
At that moment, the monarch and his ministers hurriedly boarded the Changui Gate Tower.
However, as soon as he reached the top of the city, Li Zhu was greatly frightened and almost fell down from his carriage.
Because it was not only the Ming army that appeared outside Zhangyi Gate, but also a cavalry, the Jiannu Cavalry!
Moreover, the two armies were in full swing and had already set up their formations, looking like they were going to fight outside Changyi Gate.
"What's going on?" Li Zhidun's expression suddenly changed, "Why did the Ming and Qing armies arrive in Seoul at the same time?"
Let’s talk about North Korea here. The two random rebellions not only broke the foundation of North Korea, but also destroyed North Korea’s military and political system. Especially in several provinces north of Seoul, the military and political system has completely collapsed.
Therefore, Zhu Cijiong's three thousand Ming army and Obai's three thousand cavalry marched straight in, but Hancheng did not receive any report.
"Park Dongxi, what's going on?" Jin Yao turned to Park Dongxi and asked sternly, "You already knew that the Qing army was coming, right? Why didn't you tell the truth to the king just now?"
Park Dongxi lowered his head and said nothing. How could he tell the truth about this matter?
If the king knows that Lord Fenglin is back, what will happen to Lord Linping?
However, Jin Yao had already guessed the truth and said sharply: "Is Lord Fenglin also back together?"
"Is Hao'er back too?" Li Zhu said happily, "Dong Xi, Hao'er and Hao'er are all back?"
Jin Yao said with a dark face: "Your Majesty, the one who came back with the Ming army is Lord Linping. As for Lord Fenglin, he should have come back with the Qing army outside."
Hearing this, Li Zhu was immediately confused.
The accompanying civil servants and generals were also dumbfounded.
Now the situation is complicated. The Ming army is protecting Li Hu, and the Qing army is protecting Li Hao. They appear outside Changyi Gate at the same time. What should North Korea choose now? It seems that no one is good to choose.
Choosing the Ming army would mean betraying the Qing Dynasty.
If you choose the Qing army, you must be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and North Korea could not afford to offend anyone.
As a result, more than a hundred civil servants and generals accompanying him began to quarrel.
Some supported the Qing army, while others supported the Ming army. The two factions were quarreling with each other.
In the end, Jin Yao, the political leader, suppressed the quarrels among the ministers and said decisively: "It is better to wait and see what happens, and then decide who should be selected and who should not be selected based on the outcome of the battle between the Qing army and the Ming army."
"That's right, just listen to the leaders and wait and see what happens."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Zhu also feels that Jin Yu’s idea is the best choice at the moment.
After a pause, Li Zhu asked Jin Yao again: "Jin Qing, who do you think will win in the end?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to ask." Jin Yao sighed, "If the Ming army could defeat the Qing army, it would not have lost thousands of miles of land in Liaodong. In the end, even the capital was captured by the Qing army.
Seize."
Hearing this, the civil servants and military generals on the left and right also spoke out in agreement.
"Yes, the Qing army is brave and good at fighting, and the Ming army is definitely no match."
"The Ming and Qing armies outside the city are both about three thousand in number. The Ming army cannot defeat the Qing army with the same strength."
"Don't say they have the same strength, even three times, five times or even ten times the strength, the Ming army cannot defeat the Qing army."
"Although the Qing Dynasty was cruel and unkind and treated North Korea like a fool, their army was really brave and good at fighting. Neither the Ming army nor the Korean army were their enemies. We still have to admit this."
"No, you are all wrong." Park Dongxi suddenly became anxious.
"This is not the case. The Ming army was more brave and adept at fighting than the Qing army."
"That's enough, why don't you stop talking to me." Jin Yao shouted sharply again.
This illegitimate son of the Pu family is really becoming more and more unruly.
Pu Dongxi did not dare to resist Jin Yao's authority, but turned his eyes to the outside of the city in depression, praying secretly in his heart, His Highness King Ding of the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers of the Ming Army, please defeat Jian Nu!
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At this time, we are outside Changyi Gate.
Ao Bai, surrounded by more than a dozen generals including Li Hao and Yabulan, came to the front of the formation.
Less than five hundred steps ahead, the Ming army had already set up a hollow defensive formation.
"Another hollow square formation." Obai's face fell, and the tragic scene of the battle in Guting Town once again appeared in front of his eyes. At that time, they used 48,000 Manchurian banners and 28,000 Mongolian banners to besiege the Ming army's 8,000 cavalry.
The military cavalry also set up this hollow square formation that they had never seen before, but in the end they were stunned and failed to annihilate the Ming army.
However, the situation in front of me is still different from that in Guting Town.
Most of the 40,008 Manchu and 20,08 Mongolian banners in Guting Town only wore one layer of armor.
But now the three thousand cavalry following Obai are all Baya soldiers, all wearing triple armor. It is difficult for the Ming army's self-generated fire cannons to penetrate the triple armor.
At this time, Li Hao whispered: "Sir, why don't you let me go to the city to see my father, and then mobilize the guards from the capital to join our Qing troops to attack the Ming army? We will definitely win a complete victory."
"Enter the city?" Obai asked, "Are you sure you can enter the city?"
"This." Li Hao was speechless immediately, because the two north gates of Seoul were both closed.
Obei said: "I can see that the North Korean monarchs and ministers are not taking sides in this battle. They want to wait until we and the Ming army decide the winner before deciding which prince to welcome into the city."
Yabulan nodded and said, "That's probably the case."
Ao Bai thought for a while and then said: "Yabulan, you first bring a Niulu guard to test the strength of the Ming army."
"Hey!" Yabulan agreed, and immediately ordered all three hundred horsemen and white-armored soldiers from Niulu, neatly dressed, and rushed towards the Ming army.
There were still about three hundred steps away from the Ming army. Yabulan waved his right hand violently, and the three hundred cavalry and white-armored soldiers behind him immediately dispersed towards the two wings, forming a loose formation.
This is the most common strategy used by the white-armored soldiers of Jiannu.
In every battle, Jiannu's white-armored soldiers would appear as individual soldiers in front of the two armies' formations, using their astonishingly lethal large bows and extraordinary archery skills to kill the enemy and disrupt the enemy's formation.
Once the enemy's formation becomes loose or even chaotic, the Jiannu army will take the opportunity to launch an attack.
With excellent individual soldier combat effectiveness and super individual soldier protection capabilities, this trick has proven successful time and time again.
Obai was still very cautious, and did not look down upon the Ming army because of its small number, nor did he rush to attack without knowing the details of the Ming army.
Soon, Yabulan and more than a hundred white-armored soldiers arrived within a hundred steps of the Ming army.
Including Yabulan, all the white-armored soldiers had taken off their large bows and took out a three- or four-edged heavy arrow from the quiver on their backs and fastened it on the bowstring.