Chapter 375 South and North War 40 Battles in North Korea
Li Lihua told everyone that the warable soldiers of North Korea were basically commanded by local governments such as Jeolla Do, and the strongest soldiers had been sent to Liaodong to fight, and now they have basically been captured by the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty.
When Zhao Tie heard this, he jumped up and shouted: "Start a war, fight, the king, the country of North Korea is empty, this is a good time to start fighting,"
Han Ping sneered on the other side: "Col. Zhao, what name do you plan to fight North Korea? Also, winter is coming soon. Can you destroy North Korea within a month? If the army wants to spend the winter in North Korea, will the food and winter clothing be fully prepared?"
Zhao Tie was speechless for a moment. Maid stood on the common position of the Chinese military officers' corps and spoke out to help him: "The army only cares about fighting, and the reason for starting a war is the company's responsibility. Besides, even if we don't attack North Korea now, once the Eight Banners of the Nuqin army goes south to attack our Jinzhou Guard, we will sooner or later enter the North Korean country. The Nuqin's nest is on the border of the North Korean country. In any case, North Korea must be in our hands."
Yin Feng waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, then unfolded a roll of paper and said loudly: "This is the latest information from Zeng Rui and Zeng Liuye in Liaoyang. I just received it. The Liaodong Dushi had already found the fact that the North Korean Kingdom and the Nuqiuhou Later Jin Kingdom had a private collusion. The Liaozhentang newspaper said: During the Battle of Sarhu, the Korean musket soldiers crossed the Yalu River. Guanghai Jun really had no intention of fighting. Before the war, he had secretly ordered the Korean army to observe the situation and not attack the northern enemy first for the move. Therefore, only the General of the Zuoying Camp Jin Yinghe died in a fierce battle. The other Korean army tied up their comrades around them, that is, the Ming soldiers, and handed them over to the Eight Banners soldiers, and surrendered them."
In another historical fact of time and space, the Korean soldiers tied up the Ming soldiers who fled to their positions without hesitation and handed them to the Eight Banners soldiers as a meeting ceremony. In the historical time and space where Yin Feng changed many plots, the Koreans still did this. Therefore, Nurhaci also sent a letter to North Korea to win over, saying, "You North Korea uses troops to help the Ming Dynasty. I know it is not your intention. I have to do it because of its strength. Moreover, Ming has saved your Japanese invasion, so I will repay his kindness to you." He showed tolerance to North Korea and intended to fight for North Korea.
In fact, the so-called most loyal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Korea, had made a private peace with the Later Jin Dynasty before the Battle of Sarhu. As mentioned earlier, on the issue of ascension, Li Hui, the King of Guanghai, was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, so he advocated flexible diplomacy while trying not to offend the Ming Dynasty. Under the insistence of Guanghai, North Korea wrote a letter to the Later Jin Dynasty, saying that its surrender to the Ming Dynasty was "the place of justice, and it was necessary." And the "neighborly love with the Later Jin Dynasty was not gone," hoping that both sides would "maintain the border and repair the old good." The exchanges between North Korea and the Later Jin Dynasty aroused the Ming Dynasty's vigilance. Minister Xu Guangqi reported that Li Huiyang was dismissed and should send an official to announce an edict, or order to supervise it. "The friendship between Xian and slaves has been united", and it is recommended that officials "guard the country."
The so-called "guarding the country" is equivalent to sending the governor of the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom to Korea to be the emperor and supervising its national administrative and diplomatic affairs. It is only one step away from changing the Korean vassal states to the land and returning the territory and completely transforming the county and the system of various provinces in the mainland. Unfortunately, a group of scholars and officials in the court had to abide by the ancestral system, taking North Korea as a country that did not conquer and maintaining the 200-year vassal system as a reason, which made Xu Guangqi's suggestion of "guarding the country" ultimately fruitless. After hearing this rumor, Li Hui felt that he was wronged and also submitted a memorial to defend: "Two hundred years of loyalty are great, life and death are a part of life and death." The Ming Dynasty then asked North Korea to send troops to assist in the attack on the Later Jin Dynasty, but the Korean army was defeated in the battle, and Guanghai Jun had to try to negotiate peace with the Later Jin Dynasty again.
Yin Feng gave this Liaozhentang newspaper to everyone to circulate, patted Li Lihua's hand secretly, and then said to everyone: "The Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty attacked Liaoyang and the entire Liaodong Dusi, and even marched into the Central Plains. Before the Battle of Sarhu, few people believed that the official army would be defeated. Everyone has seen the current situation: The Eight Banners are really the strong enemy of our Chinese army in Liaodong. Everyone, since we have decided to fight for the world another day, then this land of Liaodong must be occupied. We must also rescue millions of people in Liaodong. To seize Liaodong and defeat the Eight Banners soldiers, the Korean country is the only way to go..."
Yin Feng suddenly made up his mind and asked Lin Xiao, who sat at the end and kept silent, "Where are the North Korean officials arrested on Jeju Island?"
Lin Xiao raised his head and thought for a while, "It's mostly in Ryukyu, Taiwan's military farms, and the farthest farm in Guam,"
Yin Feng said: "Let's check immediately, which of these North Korean officials have higher positions and are more familiar with the inside story of the North Korean court. After finding out, they will be sent to Taiwan Hong Kong immediately..."
Lin Xiao nodded without hesitation and said, "If you can get it in Ryukyu and Taiwan soon, it will be a little more troublesome if you are in Guam."
Yin Feng waved his hand: "You can deal with these details...Okay, let's stop here for this meeting,"
Lin Xiao felt a little excited when he heard this, and he felt that Yin Feng still trusted him very much.
Yin Feng knew where Lin Xiao’s heart was, but he had to care about too many military and national affairs now, and he had no time to worry about the psychological problems of his subordinates. He continued: "Since there are indeed difficulties in food and grass, then let's slow down the strategy for North Korea for a while, but this is only temporary. After the spring of next year, once Nurhaci attacks Liaodong, we will take the opportunity to attack North Korea and seize his way out. Let me deal with the reasons for the development of North Korea. Colonel Kutre, Brother Mai, Brother Zhao, and the Operations Department's North Korean combat plan was postponed to the beginning of next year. Brother Lu and the Logistics Department were all working hard to transport grain to Liaodong, and make a transportation plan for transporting grain from Nanyang to Northeast after the spring of next year."
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In the snowy city of Liaoyang, there was no one on the street where cars and horses were flowing in the past, only snowflakes fell silently on the street. In the Liaodong Commercial Hall of Huaxing Lianhao near the south gate, Zeng Rui, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, was dressed in a merchant, sat in front of the brazier and shivered in the cold weather, constantly cursing the damn ghost weather in Liaodong. Several local military intelligence departments pushed the door open and a cold wind rushed into the room with snowflakes.
"Damn it, close the door quickly and freeze to death," Zeng Rui shouted repeatedly.
A gentleman smiled and handed over a roll of sheepskin coat: "Superson Zeng, if you roast the fire like this, the frostbite on your hands will not be cured. Master Supervisor, the king has written a letter."
Zeng Rui said "Oh," and did not withdraw his hand that was roasting the fire on the brazier. By the way, he said: "Brother Li, don't be polite, read it,"
The man shook his head: "No, Superintendent Zeng, the king pointed out that you want to see it yourself."
Zeng Rui was stunned and immediately took the sheepskin coat, pulled out the dagger from his waist, cut open the sheepskin coat and took out a secret letter. The men looked at each other in detail, bowed their hands and pushed the door out.
"I'm so frozen. Close the door quickly... Wait a minute, please go slowly and discuss something with me."
Several people looked back and saw Zeng Rui standing up, with excitement on his face: "Okay, I have been in this Liaodong place for more than half a year and can finally do something big. Please sit down, and now there are important things to discuss,..."
During the Chinese New Year, the court's handling procedures for the relevant military and political officials were not yet agreed upon. At this time, a group of left-behind officials in the Liaodong Dusiya Office were already in panic after being under Yang Hao. During the Battle of Sarhu, the Liaodong General Officer Bingzhong and the Liaodong Dusi Zhang Chengji were stationed in Liaoyang. As a mobile force, there were actually only 10,000 infantry and cavalrymen, and most of them were old and weak, and they had been owed three months. Deputy General Dou Chengwu was stationed in Qiantunwei to monitor Mongolian departments; Wang Shaoxun, the head of the Dusi, was in charge of transporting food, grass and supplies, and his headquarters' chariot camp was the remnant of the Battle of Hexiwu last year, and his morale was low.
Yang Hao himself was in charge of Chenyang, commanding in the middle, with a strong spirit and arrogance. Now Yang Hao hid in Shenyang, Lianzhang Feifei reported to the court, asking the pass to quickly send troops to rescue him.
Li Rubai has been taken away from his post and is waiting at home. The defeated soldiers in the Battle of Sarhu are scattered in Liaoyang. There are deserters constantly appearing in several fortresses between Chenyang. As the fleeing Liaodong refugees cross the river and enter western Liaoning, most of the people outside the occupied Liaodong area are still waiting and watching. After all, their hometown is hard to leave, and the imperial court has been operating Liaodong for 200 years. It is impossible for them to give up completely once they are defeated.
Now, in addition to submitting a request for reinforcements, Yang Hao has taken advantage of the court's punishment rules for Sarhu's defeat, and has tried his best to write a memorial to clarify his guilt and push all the reasons for the failure to the leaders of the front line, as if he has never had any mistakes.
One day, Zhang Chengji, the Liaodong Capital Secretary, hurried from Liaoyang to Chenyang to ask for Yang Hao.
When Yang Hao heard Zhang Chengji ask for a meeting, his face turned pale. He thought it was the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers who started attacking again. He quickly invited Zhang Chengji, regardless of the etiquette of meeting the top and bottom. He grabbed Zhang Chengji who was about to pay a visit and said, "Brother, what's going on in Liaoyang?"
Zhang Chengji was confused at first: "Liaoyang, oh," and then, he immediately reacted and bowed: "Don't worry, Master Jingliu, Liaoyang City is still in the hands of our army,... Nu Ke did not send troops to attack..."
Yang Hao let out a long sigh, sat back on his master's seat, shook his head and said, "Yes, it's so cold that only ghosts can fight in this kind of weather... But, Zhang Dusi, come to Chenyang to find me, what's wrong?"
Zhang Chengji carefully took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yang Hao with both hands: "Please read by Master Jinglei..."
Yang Hao only glanced a few times, jumped up from the chair in shock, opened his mouth for a long time before he found the language function of his tongue, pointed to the letter and said, "This, this, this, this, the official document of the North Korean country, how did you get it?"
Zhang Chengji said: "In the Battle of Sarhu, under Li Rubai, the deputy general of Liaoyang, the deputy general of Liaoyang, there was a flag-holding officer in the tent of He Shixian. He was my distant nephew. On that day, the army was sent to the Korean military camp as a liaison officer. The army was defeated and fled. He hid in the Korean military camp. Later, he was tied up by the Korean army and handed over to Ortai, the general under the Nuqi, and became a prisoner. A few days ago, there were Korean soldiers.
The soldier was released to his country. Several Korean officers with good relations with him went to visit him and revealed some news about the Korean state. Later, he worked hard in the camp of Hetura and found that the envoys of the Korean state were communicating with the Numai. In short, he accidentally received this letter. With the help of several Han officials under the command of the Numai who were in Cao's camp, they escaped from the Numai's territory and came to join me..."