Dragon Sea Empire

After Yin Feng personally took command and defeated the Xianglan Banner army at Sansanlipu, the Chinese army took advantage of the navy's maneuverability by sea to cut off Amin's escape route many times along the way. However, the navy and marines had few ways to deal with the cavalry. Starting from the Xianglan Banner camp in Pulandian, along the coast of the Bohai Sea to Haizhou and Gaizhou, the temporary interception positions of the navy only played a role in harassing and driving the Xianglan Banner cavalry. The positions set up by the Kaishui Marine Corps fled northward in spite of everything.

Yang Qi, the commander of the Northern Corps of the Sailor Marine Corps (formerly the Ryukyu Corps), later said to Yin Feng: To deal with the cavalry, you still have to rely on the cavalry, otherwise even if you can defeat the enemy cavalry, you cannot completely annihilate them.

This is the first time that the Chinese army has faced the northern minority armed forces with cavalry as the main force. They have won and defeated their opponents with fewer casualties. The casualties in the Battle of Lipu were relatively large.

Lu Xiaotian’s cavalry brigade killed more than 1000 people and injured as many as 1500. Independent infantry units such as the Second Division and the Ryukyu Battalion also suffered nearly 1300 casualties in the final counterattack. In previous wars, it was quite serious.

On the third day after this battle, the main force of the new Sixth Division arrived at Jinzhouwei. This division was a newly expanded infantry division after the Nanyang Raiders, and the division commander was Huang Lue, the head of the first regiment of the original First Division.

Lu Xiaotian took the lead and led the team to chase the Eight Banners soldiers for several days.

But the horses ridden by the Eight Banners soldiers are mainly Mongolian horses with excellent endurance, while the Andalusian horses of the Chinese cavalry are definitely faster than Mongolian horses, but their endurance is not as good; Arabian horses are not suitable for the climate and landforms of Liaodong, so Lu Xiaotian had little success in chasing the defeated soldiers of the Xianglan Banner, and finally had to return under the city of Haizhou.

The Sixth Division of the Chinese Army pushed the defense line directly to the vicinity of Haizhou and Gaizhou. The entire Liaodong Peninsula has been controlled by the Chinese Army. By the way, the Chinese Army Student Army also recovered Zhenjiang Fort (Jiulian City), and the navy controlled the mouth of the Yalu River. the area.

Soon, the first heavy snow fell in Liaodong, the land was covered with silver, the rivers began to freeze, and the climate was no longer suitable for large-scale battles. The war has worn them out.

The Chinese Army also defended the line of defense and did not continue northward.

In the 48th year of Wanli, it should actually be regarded as the first year of Taichang. On December [-] of this year, heavy snow fell, and the sky and the earth were silvery white.

On the north bank of the Qinghe River south of Gaizhouwei, a group of Eight Banners cavalry braved the heavy snow and approached the river. On the south bank of the Qinghe River where the river had frozen, a group of cavalry patrols from the Chinese Army in black just passed by and immediately lined up to prepare for battle. .

The Eight Banners cavalry consisted of about fifty people, all wrapped in tight leather jackets. One of them came to the river alone and shouted loudly to the Chinese army on the other side.

Xu Zhongping, the head of the first post of the cavalry battalion of the Sixth Division, was from Zhili. He turned to Li Yuhe, the deputy head of the post, and said, "Brother Li, you are from Liaodong. Listen to what he is saying."

Li Yuhe rode his horse to the ice by the river, shouted a few words to the Hou Jin Banners knight on the other side, and then returned to the queue with a puzzled look on his face, "Brother Xu, the person calling from the other side is the Jurchen barbarian's coordinator, with a weird accent, But I still understood: he said that they were the envoys of the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom, and they were going to pay New Year greetings to my lord, the president."

"What did he say, give our president New Year's greetings, you heard me right, we are at war with the Jurchen barbarians," Xu Zhongping couldn't believe it, and kept shaking his head: "Go, ask their names, and whether they brought Tartars with them?" The leader’s token, when the time comes, go to the Yulinpu Camp and ask someone from the Military Intelligence Department to verify it.”

At this time, Emperor Wanli had already swallowed his last breath in Hongde Hall on July 21 of that year due to long-term illness. His posthumous title was "Fan Tianhe Dao Zhe Su Dun Jian Guang Wen Wu An Ren Zhi Xiaoxian Emperor", and his temple name was Shenzong. When he died, Liaoyang and Shenyang were about to fall. The annoying news of the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong caused many disasters in his later years. The Wanli Emperor finally didn't need to listen anymore. The new emperor was Zhu Changluo, the prince. Powerless to change the political situation at this time, there is no time to make any changes. After Emperor Taichang ascended to the throne, the "moving palace case" and "Hongwan case" occurred successively. After the death of Emperor Wanli, the noble concubine Zheng still lived in the Qianqing Palace , to present her beautiful concubine to fight for the empress dowager, but the crown prince could not live in the Qianqing Palace after he ascended the throne. Only then did Zheng Guifei and Li Xuanshi be forced to move out of the Qianqing Palace. After the new emperor Zhu Changluo moved into the Qianqing Palace, he became ill within a few days after ascending to the throne. Died, causing the "red pill" dispute.

Emperor Taichang had only been emperor for 29 days, and he was known as the "January Son of Heaven". At this time, the coffin of Emperor Wanli had not yet been buried, and the Taichang Emperor's underground palace could not be completed in a short period of time. In desperation, it was rebuilt on the ruined site of Jingtai Mausoleum in Changping, Beijing. The new mausoleum was completed in August of the following year and buried in September, named Qingling.

Taichang Emperor's temple was named "Guangzong", and his eldest son Zhu Youxiao was supported by his officials to succeed him after his death.

In this year, the Ming Dynasty generally experienced three emperors, various conspiracies in the palace one after another, intrigues among ministers became increasingly fierce, and the chaos of the government reached the extreme. Under such circumstances, Nurhachi almost captured the entire Liaodong in this year , In fact, it is also a situation of taking advantage of the situation.

The news that the Chinese Army had defeated the Eight Banners cavalry in southern Liaoning had also spread to the areas controlled by the Ming government through newspapers in the Jiangnan-controlled area of ​​the Chinese Army and internal news from the Liaodong Frontier Army.

Everyone's first reaction after hearing the news was disbelief: Then, the businessmen who were doing business in the area controlled by the Chinese company, the merchants who went home for the New Year, the hungry people who returned home, the scholars who went to study, etc., one after another reported the detailed information. The situation was brought to the government-controlled area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. Soon, the news was confirmed by the fleeing refugees from Liaodong and the rout of the Ming army.

From ordinary people to government officials, everyone was shocked by the victory of the Chinese army.

For three whole years, the news from Liaodong was all bad news. The Ming army was defeated again and again, lost thousands of miles, and had millions of refugees.

The achievements of the Chinese army were like a ray of sunshine in a dark cloud, and also like a flash of lightning, which shocked the court, made court officials bewildered, and ordinary people felt a little hope and surprise.

The court of the Ming Dynasty was in the chaos of the death of the old emperor and the ascension of the new emperor. Even Yang Gao, who was imprisoned in the sky prison due to the failure of the Sarhu Battle, was left alone and no one cared about him. Although Xiong Tingbi lost Liaodong He was also imprisoned, but like Yang Hao, almost no one cares about him.

The newly enthroned Emperor Apocalypse issued an edict to the world: Next year will be the first year of Apocalypse, and the Liao rate will be increased again, but the sea rate is not mentioned in the edict. However, the imperial court is busy investigating the two cases of "Hongwan" and "Yigong". The handling of the situation in Liaodong is only to maintain the status quo. Yang Hao, Li Rubai, and Xiong Tingbi have all been imprisoned, but they have not had time to pay attention to them for the time being. Regarding the victory of the Chinese Army against the Eight Banners, the court was surprised and hesitant after a short period of time. , did not respond.

In December, Fang Congzhe became an official, and Sun Ruyou, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Dongge University, pre-engineered. At this time, Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was appointed to manage Liaodong and replace Xiong Tingbi.

Instead, Yuan Yingtai sent Lin Congdi, one of his staff members, across the sea to Jinzhouwei to visit Yin Feng in his private capacity through the Huaxing Alliance businessman.

In the last few days of 1620, the envoys sent by Nurhachi, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom, Aixinjueluo Tabai, the sixth son of Nurhachi, and "Bakshi" Dahai, the general officer, came to Jinzhouwei with a large number of gifts.

At the same time, Lin Congdi, the personal representative of Yuan Yingtai, Liaodong Economic Strategy, also came to Jinzhouwei with Yuan Yingtai's letter.

At this moment, Yin Feng is gathering with Li Lihua, Mai Waner and other wives, concubines and children in Lushun Military Port Fortress to prepare for the New Year. Zhao Tie and Fan Tao who went to North Korea also returned to Lushun, bringing two big surprises to Yin Feng .

In Yin Feng's view, this big surprise is actually a big trouble: Lord Gwanghae of North Korea gave him two princesses from the Li family's royal family.

Yin Feng's estimation was completely correct. After Fan Tao entered the mouth of the Han River with his navy, he directly attacked the city of Seoul. The cavalry regiment of the Fifth Division also broke through Kaesong in the north of Seoul and advanced towards Seoul.

The Li family dynasty of North Korea knew current affairs as a hero, and immediately registered in the Korean version outside the South Gate (Sungrye Palace) built in 1398 AD to show their surrender. Zeng Rui hurried to Seoul to accept the surrender of the North Korean king on behalf of Yin Feng. Sailor Lu More than 1000 people from the northern corps of the clan entered Seoul and took control of important places such as Gyeongbokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace, and Gyeongdeokgung Palace. The first division dispatched a regiment to enter Seoul and controlled various city gates.

Seoul was China's "Lelang County" in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of "Andong Protectorate", one of the six protectorates of the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, in 18 BC, the ancestor of Baekje, King Wen Zuo, established his capital here , Consolation City was built, Koguryo occupied this area, and the north and south of the Han River was called Bukhansanju, and the vicinity of the present Seoul was called South Pyongyang. , King Cheng of Goryeo (7-960 A.D.) upgraded this place to Yangzhou Mu (one of the 997 Goryeo herds), and in 12 he upgraded it to Nanjing, one of the three small capitals (Xijing, Tokyo, Nanjing), and became a city in 1068. The Nanjing New Palace was built, and it was upgraded to Hanyang Mansion in 1104. Li Chenggui of the Li Dynasty built large buildings here in 1308 and moved the capital here in 1393. It was called Hancheng Mansion. It has a long history. It was named "Hanyang" because it was located in the north of the Han River in ancient times. After the Joseon Dynasty established its capital in Hanyang at the end of the 1394th century, it was renamed "Seoul".