The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 425 Breaking the promise

At the end of October, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty entered Weiman Korea in two directions.

The Ministry of Rites has spread the news all over the world. Within this month, the Ministry of Rites has informed the world why the Han Dynasty went to attack North Korea. First, he needed to establish a firm moral foothold so that other countries would not think that the Han Dynasty was bullying the weak.

After all, the Han Dynasty still needs to do economic and trade with other foreign countries to bring prosperity to the people in the Han Dynasty. Now it is natural that it will not be at odds with other foreign countries.

First, Weiman Korea invaded the territory of the Han Dynasty first, and the Han Dynasty was forced to fight back.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty now has a foothold in sending troops to attack Weiman Korea.

Gongsun Ao landed in North Korea from the Bohai Sea, and Wei Guang crossed from Liaodong County to Jushui City in North Korea.

When the guard commander Qu heard about the arrival of the Han soldiers and horses, he immediately sent troops to counterattack the Han soldiers and horses from two directions in the southwest.

The total military strength of Weiman North Korea is about 300,000, and the population of the entire country is only more than two million. Almost 20% of the population is responsible for military equipment, which is why Wei Changqu is proud and arrogant.

According to his understanding of the Qi Di and other troops in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, they only amounted to a hundred thousand men. Now that the Han Dynasty has been unified, the total strength is only about seven hundred thousand.

This was his estimate, and it was impossible for the Han Dynasty to send all its troops to North Korea. The number that could actually reach North Korea was probably less than 100,000 people.

This was indeed the case when the factual information reached the ears of Guard Chief Qu, and it was even far lower than what he had expected.

Because the number of troops landed by the Han Dynasty from both directions was only more than 50,000.

This made Wei Changqu even more excited. After discussing with the palace officials, Wei Changqu immediately asked the troops from the southwest to attack the Han troops.

Gongsun Ao handed over 2,000 men from the Southeast Navy to Yang Pu and appointed him as the vanguard general.

Yang Pu is very happy with his achievements, has a strong bragging ability, and is very lucky. He has won several battles with the Xiongnu before, but it has nothing to do with him. He is completely lucky.

That's why Gongsun Ao misjudged him and asked him to lead two thousand fire gun soldiers to explore the way forward.

After almost crushing the soldiers guarding North Korea with weapons, Yang Pu was still defeated.

The vanguard of 2,000 men lost 500 men and captured 300 muskets.

When Gongsun Ao heard the news, his lungs were so angry that he chopped Yang Pu in public!

This was the first battle they landed in and they suffered a defeat, which would further increase the morale of Weiman Korea.

That's all. The loss of three hundred firecrackers is absolutely unacceptable to the big man.

If this batch of guns were picked up by Weiman North Korea and the technology was developed... Although this may not be possible, we have to be careful. Once the other party develops the technology of firecrackers, the consequences will be disastrous.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty lost the first war, which was undoubtedly a huge shame for Gongsun Ao.

Immediately, Gongsun Ao led 10,000 fire gun soldiers and charged forward in person. However, the opponent had already entered the city. It was too difficult to attack. Gongsun Ao had no siege equipment and could not attack the city.

Wei Guang still needs to do this kind of thing.

After Wei Guang's troops crossed the Datong River from Liaodong and entered the Korean territory, they charged towards the dangerous city of the Korean King without encountering much resistance along the way.

Mainly Wei Guang's cavalry and infantry were so powerful that the people guarding North Korea could not stop them.

After hearing Gongsun Ao's request for help, Wei Guang allocated 10,000 troops to Gongsun Ao.

On the same day, Gongsun Ao broke into the city, massacred all the people in a Korean city, and snatched back the lost firecrackers.

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Wangxian City, this is the imperial city of Weiman North Korea, and Wei Changqu lived in the palace at this time.

News one after another continued to reach the palace, first of all, on the southern front, the troops guarding Manchuria had achieved victory, which excited the entire royal city. Then on the western front, news came that sent chills down the spine. The troops of Weiman North Korea did not stop Weiguang's troops at all. In fact, the Han soldiers were now traveling unimpeded and were already approaching the dangerous city.

Wei Changqu and the officials in the palace concluded that the failure on the Western Front was because their troops did not assemble effectively. It did not mean that the armaments of Wei Man Korea were weaker than those of the Han Dynasty.

Even though they failed, they did not admit that it was their own army that failed.

If the army was not good, why did it win the first battle on the southern front?
Now faced with the Liaodong troops led by Wei Guang approaching the city, Wei Changqu proposed to negotiate peace with the Han Dynasty.

Wei Guang and Gongsun Ao both came with a mission. They did not want to spend too many troops in North Korea. If the other party negotiated peace, the purpose entrusted to them by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would have been achieved.

So Wei Guang and Gongsun Ao declared a truce outside Wangxian City and immediately sent a message to Chang'an.

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Changan.

The entire court was paying attention to the war situation in Weiman Korea. When they heard that Gongsun Ao had failed in the first battle, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and all the officials were furious.

Fortunately, Gongsun Ao made up for it later.

Now the army has surrounded Wangxian City, waiting for the order from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The officials discussed for a while and decided that it would be most beneficial to the Han Dynasty to let North Korea surrender and pay compensation, and resume trade between the two countries.

So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Ning to prepare a letter of invitation to Wei Guang and Gongsun Ao.

In fact, Wei Ning didn't think this was a good strategy. Wei Changqu might not really want to surrender, and he might rebel in the future.

But now that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and all officials insisted on this, Weining didn't say much.

In November, there was a snowfall in North Korea. Wei Changqu announced his unconditional surrender, agreed to all the requirements of the Han Dynasty, and sent his son Wei Changqu to the Han Dynasty as a hostage.

North Korea sent 10,000 soldiers to escort the North Korean prince and military commander out of North Korea.

When the two sides were really about to cross the Zhu River, Wei Guang and Gongsun Ao immediately asked the soldiers guarding North Korea to put down their weapons.

If the escort team of more than 10,000 people followed them across the Xu River, they could launch a mutiny with weapons at any time, and Gongsun Ao and Wei Guang had to guard against it.

But at this time, the guard commander felt that the big man must be setting up an ambush to kill him.

So he immediately fled towards the rear with the escort of 10,000 soldiers.

Gongsun Ao and Wei Guang were dumbfounded. Chang'an had not yet given them an order to fight back, and they did not dare to do anything. They could only write the news to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and then they sent people to discuss with Wei Youqu. .

Wei Youqu thought that since his prince had returned, he might as well continue fighting against the big man. Last time he didn't prepare his troops well. If he did well this time, he might not be able to defeat the big man. Own.

So Wei Youqu tore up the peace treaty and continued to defend the city, preparing for a head-on battle with the Han Dynasty.

Changan.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard the news, he was really angry this time.

Since the other party does not keep their word, there is no need to give them any face.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once again mobilized 200,000 troops from the Northern Army, and a steady stream of troops landed from the Xu River to defend the territory of North Korea.

He gave Gongsun Ao and Wei Guang a death order and razed Wei Manchu to Korea!

(End of this chapter)