Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 198 Asking for help again
After the defenders on the coast of Jeju Island fled back to Jeju City, they immediately reported the matter to the Jeju Left Guards. The Jeju Stay Guards were shocked when they heard the news. Even if they wanted to summon soldiers and horses to resist, there were only 2000 soldiers and horses in total on Jeju Island. , and scattered all over the island, the number of soldiers and horses that can rush to guard Jeju City at the moment is not even [-].

After making some calculations in Jeju, he immediately returned to his house and started packing his luggage, preparing to run away.

There are a total of three cities on Jeju Island, namely Jeju City, Daejong City and Jeongui City. Now that Jeju City is suddenly attacked, there is no time to rule the other two cities to come to the rescue. Staying here is definitely a dead end, so Jeju stays behind. Immediately, there was no thought of staying to resist, and he decided to run away.

However, even though he wanted to run away, he couldn't tell his subordinates clearly. Instead, he asked his subordinates to summon soldiers and civilians and climb up the city wall to fight to the death. He would first report the matter to the court, and then come to fight with the soldiers and civilians against the enemy.

The people under his command were deeply moved by the officer's impassioned speech. Immediately, both military and civilian servants, and even some women followed him and climbed onto the city wall, preparing to defend the city to the death.

But in the battle with the Ming army, they stood on the city wall, shot arrows and threw stones to defend. As soon as the battle started, they discovered that the battle scene was completely different from the battle scene they imagined.

Mao Wenlong asked his men to place a row of cannons half a mile in front of Jeju City. This distance could ensure that every shot of the cannons would not miss, and it would also be perfectly outside the range of the North Korean defenders' bows and arrows.

Afterwards, Mao Wenlong sat on the maza, holding a jar of wine in his hand, and began to watch the soldiers in front of him firing cannons.

The faces of the North Korean defenders on the walls of Jeju City were stunned and stunned. They were only vulnerable to being shot at, but they had no power to fight back, and they quickly ran away.

The walls of Jeju City also collapsed one after another under Mao Wenlong's intensive artillery fire.

Mao Wenlong looked at it and shook his head: "This broken city wall is not as strong as my courtyard wall!"

A quarter of an hour later, Mao Wenlong stood up, smashed the empty wine jar in his hand on the ground, drew out the sword from his waist and waved it forward: "Boys, follow me into the city!"

At this point, Jeju City has been easily occupied by Mao Wenlong.

After entering the city, Mao Wenlong discovered that the North Korean officials in Jeju City had long disappeared, the government office was empty, the treasury door was open, and there was nothing inside. Mao Wenlong was so angry that he cursed.

That night, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde returned and brought back hundreds of war horses, including several BMWs specially brought back to Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong was in a good mood and rewarded the three with a lot of gold and silver.

At the same time, Seoul still knew nothing about the affairs of Jeju Island. The monarchs and ministers of North Korea were now having a fierce debate over one of the conditions they had promised to the Ming Dynasty, which was the "garrison".

According to the conditions that North Korea promised, one of the conditions listed by Ming Dynasty was that Ming Dynasty would station troops in North Korea, and North Korea would also provide Ming Dynasty with necessary support such as garrison, food and salary, and troops.

At the beginning, North Korea was facing the threat of Erbeil Amin, the slave-builder from the north. The monarchs and ministers were shrouded in the fear of destroying the country, so they all made great efforts to restore the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty in order to obtain the long-term protection of the Ming Dynasty.

But now that the crisis has been resolved, Amin has been beaten further and further away by the Ming Dynasty. The entire area bordering North Korea and Liaodong is now under the control of the Ming army. North Korea has no worries at all, so the monarchs and ministers of North Korea have begun to turn around again and take control of the Ming Dynasty. The various conditions previously promised to Daming were revealed.

A considerable number of ministers believed that as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea could claim vassal status and pay tribute and obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty, but it could never agree to the garrisoning of troops.

Just one Mao Wenlong from Dongjiang Town has brought so much trouble to North Korea. If there are a few more "Mao Wenlong", won't the people of North Korea be in dire straits everywhere?
Furthermore, although North Korea is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, it is also a country. There are Ming troops stationed everywhere in the country, so can the country still be called a country?

Because there were more and more voices of opposition, the King of North Korea, Li Ju, began to waver.

Originally, Li Jian thought that if the Ming Dynasty sent troops to garrison, although North Korea would have to provide some food and salary for the Ming Dynasty and raise soldiers and horses for the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty's garrison could help North Korea train its troops and provide North Korea with advanced weapons, it would also be beneficial to North Korea's military development. Of great benefit.

Secondly, with the Ming Dynasty's garrison, at least North Korea's security can be guaranteed, and there will be no need to worry about foreign enemies daring to invade North Korea in the future.

But now those ministers who oppose him always make excuses for Mao Wenlong, which makes Li Zhu feel scared. One Mao Wenlong has made North Korea so restless. If a few more come, North Korea will rebel?
And if the garrisons sent by the Ming Dynasty were like Mao Wenlong, who only oppressed the people, but refused to really defend North Korea, and even slaughtered North Korean people to show their merits after losing the war, then North Korea would definitely not accept it!

But after all, Da Ming had already agreed to this matter, if he went back on his word now, wouldn't it be a breach of promise and arouse Da Ming's resentment?

Nowadays, Ming Dynasty has written several times about garrisoning troops, and even listed the areas where Ming Dynasty wants to station troops, asking North Korea to arrange specific garrison stations as soon as possible in the several areas proposed by Ming Dynasty.

Because this matter was currently being debated fiercely among the Korean officials, Li Jie did not directly reply to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he repeatedly shied away, still hesitating in his heart.

At exactly this time, the news that Jeju was raided and occupied by Mao Wenlong reached Seoul. The Korean monarchs and ministers were shocked when they heard the news, and a strong sense of fear suddenly hit their hearts.

Li Zhu was even thinking in his mind, was it because he had not replied to Ming Dynasty about the garrison for a long time that Ming Dynasty sent Mao Wenlong to capture Jeju Island as a warning to North Korea?
Naturally, there are many people among the Korean ministers who think this way, but Jin Shangxian still resisted all opinions and said: "Your Majesty, I think there must be a misunderstanding about this matter. Since the Ming Dynasty has established a suzerain-vassal relationship with me, Korea, We will definitely not go to war without declaring it and commit such a breach of trust by invading the territory of a vassal state.

The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette and trustworthiness is the most important thing. If we really do such dirty things, how can we stand between heaven and earth in the future? "

After hearing this, Li Zhu calmed down instantly and nodded slowly, but the panic in his heart was still not relieved. He pointed at Jin Sangxian and ordered: "Quickly, leave for Daming and ask Find out what’s going on!”

Jin Shangxian did not dare to delay, so he immediately retreated and went back to Daming.

However, when Jin Sangxian arrived in Ming Dynasty and asked Xu Guangqi about the matter, he found that Xu Guangqi was also very shocked, saying that Ming Dynasty knew nothing about the matter, and then hurriedly reported the matter to the court.

After Zhu Tianqi learned about this, he was also very surprised. He immediately asked someone to find out what was going on. At the same time, he also told Jin Sangxian: "When you came to Ming Dynasty to ask for help, didn't you tell me a lot of things? What's Mao Wenlong's condition like?

I specially sent people to investigate Mao Wenlong and found that he had indeed committed many injustices and lawlessness in Pi Island over the years, so I asked the Jin Yiwei to capture him.However, I also thought that he had made many contributions to the court in the past, and he also played a great role in relieving the siege of Korea and expelling Amin last year, so I spared his death and changed it to exile.

As for what you said about Mao Wenlong leading his army to attack Jeju Island, it really shocked me! "

Jin Shangxian was also surprised by this situation. He did not expect that Ming Dynasty was completely unaware of the matter, but this was not a bad thing. At least it was now certain that Ming Dynasty was not hostile to North Korea.

Then a member of the Imperial Guard Qianhu walked into the palace, knelt down and saluted, and reported to Zhu Tianqi: "Your Majesty, the lowly position just now has been found out. The guilty minister Mao Wenlong was supposed to be exiled to the Chief Envoy of Guangxi, but the envoy responsible for the exile of Mao Wenlong was He was bribed by Mao Wenlong’s eldest son, Mao Chenglu, and now I’m afraid that Mao Wenlong has been taken back to Pi Island by Mao Chenglu!”

"What?!" Zhu Tianqi was furious when he heard the words, and slapped him heavily on the table, "There is such a thing?!"

Zhu Tianqi's anger made the Jin Yiwei below shrink down in fear. Jin Shangxian also trembled and almost knelt down in fear.

Zhu Tianqi was furious and asked: "Where are those two evil-minded thieves now?"

Jinyiwei Qianhu quickly replied: "He has been taken to the imperial prison and tortured severely!"

Zhu Tianqi slapped the table: "I'll chop them up!"

"I obey my command!" Jin Yiwei Qianhu quickly nodded in agreement and quickly retreated.

Xu Guangqi saw that Zhu Tianqi's face had improved a little, and then he spoke: "Your Majesty, it seems that Mao Wenlong has a grudge against the imperial court. After returning to Pidao, he led his people to rebel. They are afraid of the imperial navy, but they are afraid of the imperial navy. Dare to stay in Dongjiang Town, so I decided to go to Jeju Island!"

Zhu Tianqi looked gloomy and did not speak, but it was obvious that he had a tacit attitude towards Xu Guangqi's speculation.

Jin Shangxian was listening, and he probably figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

Now that the Ming Emperor was furious, Jin Sangxian did not dare to stay here any longer. He was also afraid that the Ming Emperor would be angry with him. After all, Mao Wenlong's rebellion had something to do with North Korea's complaint to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Jin Sangxian raised his hand and saluted, found an excuse to leave, and Xu Guangqi saw that Jin Sangxian was leaving, so he also saluted and followed him out.

After Xu Guangqi and Jin Sangxian both left, the anger on Zhu Tianqi's face had disappeared.

Wang Yuanbao was very frightened just now. He came forward with a tea cup in his hand, his hands were still trembling a little and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down, please take care of your dragon body!"

Zhu Tianqi turned around and took the tea cup with a relaxed expression, took a sip and said, "I'm fine, let's go back to Qianqing Palace, I'm a little hungry, let's arrange lunch earlier, I want to make two more dishes for lunch today, I want Have a few drinks!”

Wang Yuanbao was confused by the emperor now. Why didn't the emperor seem to be angry at all, but he was in a good mood?Are you too angry?

Thinking of this, Wang Yuanbao hurriedly took two steps and followed him, still asking: "Your Majesty, do you need the imperial doctor to come over and take your pulse?"

Jin Sangxian and Xu Guangqi walked out of the Chengtian Gate together. Jin Sangxian said to Xu Guangqi: "Master Xu, now that the truth has been revealed, it is time for the foreign ministers to go back and restore my king's life. I also ask the heaven to send troops as soon as possible to quell the rebellion and help us in Korea." Recover Jeju Island.”

Xu Guangqi frowned slightly, shook his head, and said: "It will be difficult to regain Jeju Island in a short while."

After hearing this, Jin Shangxian couldn't help but be stunned, but before he could ask questions, Xu Guangqi said again: "You said you are the same. Last time you came to ask for help, why did you need to report Mao Wenlong's case to the emperor? Now the emperor He wanted to punish Mao Wenlong, but in the end, he forced Mao Wenlong to rebel!
Mao Wenlong has tens of thousands of men and thousands of warships. How can he be easy to deal with?Even if our Ming Dynasty Navy were deployed, I'm afraid it would be difficult to subdue them easily.

Not to mention that my army of the Ming Dynasty is busy recovering Liaodong and quelling the rebellion of the Tatar tribes in Mobei. Even if I want to help you recover Jeju Island, I can't do anything at all! "

When Jin Sangxian heard this, he was immediately speechless. Although he was responsible for this matter, the fundamental reason was that Ming Dynasty mishandled Mao Wenlong, which allowed Mao Wenlong to escape back to Pidao, causing today's big trouble. .

But he didn't dare to blame Daming. He could only admit defeat and blame himself.

Xu Guangqi then said: "Also, I, the Ming Dynasty, have written to you twice to discuss the arrangement of garrisoning troops in North Korea, but you have been procrastinating. If you could have been happier at the beginning, you could have taken advantage of my Ming Dynasty troops. When there were many generals, a garrison had been arranged on Jeju Island, but Mao Wenlong would not have dared to attack Jeju Island no matter what!"

Upon hearing this, Kim Sang-hyun was even more irrefutable. Now it's okay, this matter is all North Korea's fault.

Xu Guangqi then waved his hand, sighed and said: "Well, now these are all hindsight and meaningless. I just hope that Mao Wenlong can be more peaceful after occupying Jeju Island and stop invading other parts of North Korea. !”

As soon as this remark came out, Kim Sang-heon was so frightened that his hairs stood on end. North Korea had experienced the Imjin Japanese Invasion, and the fear it caused to them was ingrained in their bones. If Mao Wenlong used Jeju Island as his base, If they attack the Korean peninsula, the consequences will definitely be worse than during the Imjin Japanese Invasion.

Jin Shangxian saluted Xu Guangqi immediately: "Master Xu, if that's the case, North Korea is in danger, please speak to Emperor Ming and save North Korea!"

Xu Guangqi shook his head and said: "I can't help with this matter. After all, Mao Wenlong only occupies a Jeju Island. It is impossible for the court to abandon Liaodong and Mobei and mobilize an army to encircle and suppress Mao Wenlong for a small Jeju Island." of rebels.”

(End of this chapter)