Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 608: The Ming army attacks Pyongyang and Lord Shouyang decides to attack
Fang Ying was still a little confused and couldn't imagine how low the Liaodong Army's combat effectiveness could be.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan continued to explain: "Back then, we also launched a large-scale invasion. Tuotuo Buhua led a partial force of more than [-] men to attack Liaodong.

As a result, Wang Ao, who was in charge of the military affairs in Liaodong, led an army of [-] to huddle in the city of Guangning. He watched tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians being captured and taken away by Tuo Tuo Bu Hua without any action, and they were beaten to death and did not dare to go out to fight.

In the end, the Holy Spirit came forward to get these soldiers and civilians back from Tuotaobuhua.

Since then, when it comes to the Liaodong Army, the Holy One has ridiculed them a lot.

Yang Hong of Shanxi was called the Jiedushi of Xuanfu by the Holy Emperor. Fortunately, Wang Ao was a civil servant, otherwise he would have been named the Jiedushi of Liaodong by the Holy Emperor. "

Fang Ying, who was drinking tea, almost choked when she heard this.

Fang Ying has been fighting in the south for a long time and has little understanding of the central court.When I first heard the titles of Xuanfu Jiedushi and Liaodong Jiedushi, I couldn't help but feel novel and funny.

As a newly promoted noble, Fang Ying had never thought about being a military governor.

After finally recovering, Fang Ying asked again: "How is the situation in North Korea?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "I have sent envoys to negotiate with Lord Shouyang, but it is of no use. He has already launched a coup. At this point, it is impossible to look back.

Our Dingliao right guard faces North Korea's Ping'an Road, where [-] troops have already been assembled.Lord Shouyang also recruited another [-] elite troops to prepare for the attack on Li Chengyu, the defender of Xianjing Road.

Xianjing Road is close to the Jurchen tribe, and Li Chengyu has already won the support of the Jurchen tribe. He calls himself Emperor Jin and is actively preparing for war to compete with the Shouyang King.

My plan was to first defeat the [-] Korean troops on Ping'an Road, and then work with Li Chengyu to attack the [-] elite soldiers newly recruited by Lord Shouyang.

After defeating the [-] Korean troops, we stationed troops in Anzhou and let Li Chengyu, Lord Shouyang, and Lord Jincheng, who were loyal to the King of Korea, slowly fight the civil war.

When they are almost exhausted, it will be time for Japan to enter the game. "

"That is to say, I need to lead the army to attack immediately, penetrate Ping'an Road and invade Hamgyong Road?
But I only brought [-] cavalry, and [-] troops and baggage were left behind.

Without heavy infantry and firearms battalions, how could I use 3 cavalry to fight [-] people. "

Jiang Yuan asked: "How long will it take for the army behind to arrive?"

"It will take at least half a month to reach Dingliao Youwei. It will take at least another half month to enter the hinterland of Ping'an Road.

We don't know how long it will take to break through Ping'an Road and attack Hamgyeong Road.

I need to fight to know what the combat power of the North Korean army is. "

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "That won't work. Once Lord Shouyang plans to eliminate Li Chengyu and then uses all [-] troops to defend the border, we will not be able to penetrate.

At that time, if we fight hard and become a siege, destroying the established strategy, the Holy Spirit will not let us go. "

Fang Ying asked: "Then what do you want to do?"

Jiang Yuan replied resolutely: "Initiate an attack immediately. Although the [-] troops in Liaodong are weak in combat effectiveness, they have all kinds of armor and firearms. With your [-] elite cavalry holding the line, there should be no big problem."

Fang Ying couldn't come up with a more creative strategy, so she agreed to try it.When the war breaks out, even if the situation is really bad, North Korea should not dare to fight to the death with the Ming army.

So the army repaired for three days and then marched into North Korea.

Progress was very smooth at the beginning. The army surrounded Anju along the narrow plain along the seaside and threatened Pyongyang to the south.

The place names in North Korea have their own characteristics. Hamgyeong Province is because Hamhung and Gyeongseong are within its jurisdiction, and Pyongyang Province is because Pyongyang and Anju are within its jurisdiction.

King Shouyang suddenly launched a coup, killed the auxiliary ministers and placed the king of Korea under house arrest.Therefore, the defenders of Anju and Pyongyang just huddled in the city and had no intention of leaving the city to fight.Because no one can figure out who they are fighting for, the King of Korea?But the king has been placed under house arrest and has completely become a puppet; fighting for Lord Shouyang?Also known as saying something that is not true, why should you sacrifice your life for a traitor?

So the situation became very embarrassing: the Liaodong Army outside the city was unwilling to work for the Emperor of Heaven, so it was unable to capture Anzhou and Pyongyang for a while.

The Korean defenders in the city were unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Lord Shouyang, so as long as the city was not captured, nothing else mattered.

There are continuous mountains between Anzhou and Xianxing, and the Ming army did not dare to bypass Anzhou to support Xianxing.

Half a month later, on the fourth day of April, King Shouyang of Seoul had received the news that Anju and Pyongyang were besieged by the Ming army, and he urgently summoned his cronies to discuss countermeasures.

Since the North Korean King Li Hongwei had become a complete puppet, King Shouyang manipulated Li Hongwei to issue an edict and gave himself a very long title:
Li Yao, the great king of Shouyang, led the affairs of the government, judged the officials and soldiers, and was also the envoy of both internal and external troops and horses.

At the same time, he also named himself, Zheng Linzhi, Quan Zhu, Han Minghui, Yang Ting and other 43 people as heroes of Jingnan.

Now, Zheng Linzhi, Quan Zhu and other heroes of Jingnan gathered at the Shouyang Prince's Mansion, all of them looked solemn. No one expected that the Ming Dynasty would quickly send troops to intervene, and it seemed like they were going to play it seriously.

Quan Zhu was the first to complain: "Last year, I advised the king not to go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute. You insisted on going despite all the opinions.

After returning, he also said that the Emperor of Heaven had acquiesced in the coup.

But now, [-] troops have arrived at the city.

It doesn’t matter if we fight, it doesn’t matter if we don’t fight.What do you think we should do? "

Lord Shouyang shook his head helplessly: "I didn't see the emperor himself. I just made some indirect inquiries to the emperor's ministers. What I understood was that Ming Dynasty did not have any intention to interfere in North Korea's domestic affairs."

Han Minghui came to the rescue for Lord Shouyang and said: "The matter has come to this, and it will be useless to complain again. Let's think about how to deal with it."

Quan Zhuo did not pursue the fight anymore. After all, everyone was in the same boat now. If the boat sank, everyone would die, so he made a suggestion:
"How about we send another envoy to Beijing to apologize. Just say that the treacherous Huang Furen and Jin Zongrui deceived the emperor's power, and we raised troops to defend the king.

Now that the rebellious minister has been executed and returned to the king, I ask the Emperor of Heaven to ratify the legality of our appeasement.

The current royal family of the Ming Dynasty also relied on Jing Nan to rise to power, so based on previous experience, the emperor would not delve into it.

Besides, the previous emperors of the Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong dynasties were not interested in North Korea. Now the Jingtai Emperor has gone too far. As long as it is the Xuande and Zhengtong methods, he will instinctively oppose them.

Emperor Xuande was accustomed to shying away from foreign vassals, while Emperor Jingtai showed toughness everywhere.

So we spoke softer and lowered our stance to make Emperor Jingtai happy. He gained face and should have withdrawn his troops. "

Most of the important ministers present agreed with Quan Zhu's statement, but Lord Shouyang shook his head firmly: "No, no, no, we ordered the [-] elites gathered to set off from Kaesong and pretend to go to Hamhung via Anbyon.

But in fact, they turned to Pyongyang halfway and attacked the Ming army by surprise.

The Ming army is tired from afar, and once I succeed in a sneak attack, they will be defeated and flee.I took the opportunity to annihilate the Ming army, and then took advantage of the victory to attack Xianjing Road and killed Li Chengyu.

Only in this way can we fight for a way out.

I know something about Emperor Jingtai. He never does useless work. Now that the Ming army is here, he will never go back for a stroll.

This is called asking gods to be easy to send but difficult to send them away. "

When everyone heard this, they all exclaimed: "Your Majesty, are you crazy? Once these [-] Ming troops are annihilated, the Ming Emperor will definitely become angry and send the real main elite. How will we end it then?"

(End of this chapter)