Fenghou

Chapter 1575
Of course, Zheng Qing would not believe what the other party said. He wanted to save Goryeo. Goryeo was not a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty, nor was it a vassal state of the Southern Song Dynasty. Why did they come to save it? Like Japan, they wanted to annex Goryeo when it was weak.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Qing asked, "What does Yong Jun want us to do?"

Liu Kun shook his head, "It's not what we want to do? It's your choice. If you choose to resist, then you will meet with soldiers and blood will flow all over the city. If you choose to surrender, the Yong army will not kill anyone indiscriminately."

"Then what fate will we have?" Zheng Qing asked again.

"I reckon you will stay, but we can decide whether you are the city lord or not, and that requires the emperor to decide his fate."

"All right!"

Zheng Qing sighed, "I'll go back and report the truth to the city lord. It's not up to me to decide what he chooses. I hope you don't blame me!"

"Don't worry! I will intercede for you!"

Zheng Qing bowed and saluted, bid farewell and returned to the city.

Zheng Qing was hung on the top of the wall in a basket, Miao Qing stepped forward and asked, "What did the other party say?"

"Reporting to the city lord, the other party said that more than [-] Japanese troops have landed from the Jincheng area and entered Korea."

Everyone was in an uproar, the Japanese army has entered Korea?They don't know anything.

"And then?" Miao Qing was more concerned about her own fate now.

"The other party said that if we choose to surrender, they will not kill one person indiscriminately. If we choose war, blood will flow all over the city."

"If I surrender, what are they going to do with me?"

"The other party said that they are not the ones who can decide, the fate of the city lord is decided by their emperor."

Miaoqing immediately understood that he was going to be sent to Jingzhao, he gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't live, the whole city will have to be buried with me!"

"Order the whole army to prepare for a desperate battle with the enemy!"

Miaoqing chose to resist. He was betting that the opponent did not carry siege weapons and could not capture the tall and strong Pyongyang City.

Gao Ding, Liu Cui, and a group of generals rode horses several miles outside the city to observe the city. It has to be said that Pyongyang City is very similar to the Zhongyuan City.

Gao Ding pointed at his horsewhip and said with a smile: "They probably think that we don't carry siege weapons, so we can defend the city and refuse."

Liu Cui sneered and said, "The monk's idea is to be different. With our 10,000+ army, how can a mere few thousand people defend the city? Don't we know how to cut wooden ladders?"

Gao Ding immediately said: "Let them taste the taste of Iron Fire Thunder!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drums sounded outside the city, and the commander of the capital, Yue Yun, led an army of [-] soldiers and began to gather.

Not long after, [-] troops formed a large formation outside the city, with battle flags flying and spears like forests, almost all of them were cavalry.

All five thousand defenders gathered on the south wall, everyone holding spears, extremely nervous.

Monk Miaoqing, the owner of the city, was not at the top of the city. He hid in the Buddhist hall in his mansion, sat in front of the Buddha, and chanted sutras desperately, praying to the Lord Buddha to bless him.

"The Heavy Shield Army comes out!" Yue Yun shouted.

Two hundred soldiers with large shields came out, and they quickly used the large shields to form a shield wall and approached the suspension bridge.

A hundred steps away from the suspension bridge, arrows were fired from the top of the city, and dense arrows shot at the shield.

But it was of no avail to the shield wall. The shield wall continued to move forward, and there were still twenty steps away from the suspension bridge. Suddenly, two chain mines flew out from behind the shield wall. Slip and fall on the suspension bridge.

"Boom! Boom!" Two explosions sounded, thick smoke rose, and the two thick iron chains pulling the suspension bridge flew up. The heavy suspension bridge fell and hit the bank of the moat heavily, and the gate leading to the city wall was opened.

The soldiers guarding the city had realized that the Yong army was about to attack the city gate, and they immediately prepared a large number of rolling logs and stones above the city gate. Once the soldiers of the Yong army approached, the rolling logs and stones would rain down.

At this time, a huge thunder cannon pushed towards the city gate. This is the stone cannon used in naval battles, but it is bigger than the stone cannon used on warships, and it was transported by Wanshi sea ship.

During the Three Kingdoms and Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was used to shoot big rocks, so it was called a stone cannon. Now it is used to launch iron fire thunders, so it cannot be called a stone cannon, but a fire thunder cannon.

Its principle is the same as that of a crossbow bolt. It is ejected, which is different from the throwing of a trebuchet. The throwing of a trebuchet is farther, but the accuracy is not high, while the ejection of the thunder cannon is a flat shot, and the range is not far, but the accuracy is good.

Dozens of soldiers pushed the thunder cannons slowly approaching the city gate, guarded by shields on the front, back, left, and right sides, and arrows rained down on the top of the city, but they still couldn't stop it from advancing.

Fifty steps away from the city gate, the thunder cannon stopped, and the soldiers with heavy shields squatted in front, followed by 'bang! With a loud noise, a hundred-jin iron fire thunder flew out, with white smoke whistling from above.

This iron fire mine is a thorn mine with several inch-long spikes on it. It can be nailed to a ship, and it can also be nailed to a wooden city gate.

And the city gate of Pyongyang City is a wooden city gate, 'bang! The thunderbolt was nailed to the city gate, and only for a moment, "Boom!" There was a deafening bang, the city wall shook, and the soldiers on the top of the city screamed and fell down.

When the thick smoke dissipated, the city gate was blown to pieces, revealing a huge city hole, from which one could see the scene inside the city.

Yue Yun waved his sword and shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist in the corner will be killed!"

Thirty thousand cavalry mobilized and charged into the city like a tidal wave
The war to attack Pyongyang City ended in just half an hour. More than 800 of the [-] Koryo soldiers were killed, and more than [-] soldiers surrendered.

When the city lord Miaoqing learned that the city had fallen, he took poison and committed suicide in despair, and the Yong army immediately occupied Pyongyang.

Judge Liu Kun was appointed as the temporary county magistrate, and Zheng Qing, who could speak fluent Chinese, was appointed as the county magistrate. The Yong army immediately confiscated all of Miaoqing's wealth and food, and built five large sheds in the city for porridge relief. Relief for the poorest people in the city.

Gao Ding and Liu Cui rode horses to inspect the city, looking at the extremely depressed city, Gao Ding sighed and said: "It's hard to imagine that this is the Xijing of Korea, it is so dilapidated and depressed, worse than a small county in the Central Plains. "

Liu Cui shook his head and said: "Before I thought it was a disaster for the Kingdom of Jin, but now I know that it is completely the result of the cruel oppression of their internal rulers. To open a shop, half of the daily sales money must be handed over to the city owner. If you can’t earn back the capital, who is willing to open a store, I heard that even setting up a food stall can’t escape exploitation.”

"Yes!"

Gao Ding sighed and said: "We actually copied 20 shi of grain, 2 taels of silver, [-] taels of gold, and a lot of other wealth from Miaoqing's official residence. He actually owned hundreds of women. Serving him alone is too licentious and shameless, but he is still a monk, which is simply a great irony."

Liu Cui smiled slightly and said, "I'm actually curious, how did he escape the search of the Jinren with so much wealth?"

Gao Ding said with a smile: "It is said that before the Jinbing came, he transported a lot of wealth to the mountains and hid it, and then his warehouse was filled with copper coins and some cheap and heavy things. Kaesong surrendered, didn’t you find out? No copper coins, no copper wares and ordinary porcelain, probably all were taken away by Jin Bing as treasures. I also heard that he burned a lot of low-quality large porcelain and used The colors are painted very brightly, filling the warehouses, pretending to be the official kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty, and it is probably used to fool the Jin soldiers."

Liu Cui suppressed a smile and said: "This man is a bit crooked, but it's a pity he didn't know that our army was coming, otherwise he would definitely be busy building fires again."

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

(End of this chapter)