Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 521 Conquest of North Korea
The Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards had already conquered Fengji Fort, and blocked the Qing army from other forts who came to reinforce Shenyang in Fengji Fort.

The Second Corps of the Second Guards Army used advanced rifled guns and artillery to turn the outside of Fengji Fort into a Shura hell.

All the troops reinforced by the Qing army were blocked here, and the Qing army finally retreated to ensure the defense of Hetuala.

The Second Corps of the Second Guards Army was also transferred to Liaoyang City on February [-].

At the same time, the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards continued to guard Shenyang City.

Because it has been three months since the Second Guards Army landed at Lushunkou all the way to the city of Shenyang, the officers and soldiers of the Second Guards Army were very exhausted, and the logistics supply was also insufficient.

Therefore, the Second Guards Army did not continue to attack for a period of time.

After all, the guards are a modern army, and their main weapons are already hot weapons, especially the consumption and demand of ammunition such as artillery and firearms are very large.

Coupled with the food and grass of the 15 army and tens of thousands of horses, and the change of military uniforms after the arrival of summer, the guards have particularly high requirements for logistical supplies.

In addition, the Liaodong region does not have a popular base than the Guannei. If the Ming Dynasty wants to truly rule the Liaodong region, the Second Guards Army needs to continue to maintain law and order here.

Therefore, the Second Guards Army can only temporarily enter the rest period.

Qin Zuoming, the commander-in-chief and governor of the Second Guards Army, also took advantage of this rest period to give Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian the next battle plan of the Second Guards Army.

According to the next battle plan of the commander-in-chief of the Second Guards Army.

Next, the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards will attack Fushun and Sarhu from Shenyang, and then occupy Hetuala and even the entire Nuer Gandusi area, preparing for the vast area north of Mobei in the future.

The Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards will start from Liaoyang to recover Guangning, then Shanhaiguan to the pass, and cooperate with the brothers of the Guards in the pass to complete the encirclement of the Qing Dynasty in the area of ​​​​Northern Zhili Shuntianfu.

Zhu Youjian agreed to the battle plan of Qin Zuoming, the commander-in-chief and governor of the Second Guards Army, and at the same time asked Jin Yiwei to allocate special talents to provide intelligence support for the next battle plan of the Second Guards Army. The second season of the Guards prepares for the war in advance.

In addition, Zhu Youjian also continued to increase logistics and transportation support for the Second Guards Army by the Guards Navy.

Nowadays, the logistics supply of the Second Army of the Guards in areas outside the customs is basically supported by the Navy of the Guards. Thanks to the convenience brought by the opening of Shanghai Port in Songjiang Prefecture, the Navy of the Guards can directly transport the important cities of Nanjing. The materials entered the Wusong River along the Yangtze River and finally took the sea route across the Daming Sea to Lvshunkou.

Now, the First Army of the Guards has begun to advance from Wuqiao to Baoding Mansion.

The Second Army of the Guards has now recovered Shenyang and Liaoyang City.

The Third Army of the Guards marched towards Taiyuan and Daming Mansion,

The Fourth Army of the Guards approached Tongguan and also entered Shanxi.

The Seventh Army of the Guards has advanced to Xi'an.

It can be said that by the beginning of March in the 23rd year of Chongzhen, the various armies of the Ming Guards had completed most of the victory in the Northern Expedition.

But these are only the military part of the entire Northern Expedition strategy of the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

Today's Grand Marshal's Mansion has its own staff department, just like the think tank of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty.

This staff department gathered all the ministers who were good at strategy in Ming Dynasty, and made comprehensive and detailed arrangements for the strategy of the Northern Expedition in all aspects.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to command the guards to fight in such an orderly manner while at the same time raising military expenses to support the Northern Expedition by issuing "Northern Expedition Vouchers" in the rear.

In addition, the Grand Marshal's Mansion also formulated a strategy to use North Korea's national power to participate in the Great Ming Northern Expedition.

After all, although North Korea is now a vassal state of the Manchu Qing, the Korean people still have feelings for Ming Dynasty. For example, after the North Korean king Li Zhen agreed that North Korea should be dominated by the Manchu Qing, he was kicked out by the angry North Korean people.

And North Korea can still play a role in areas outside the customs.

First of all, the area outside the customs is too vast and it is also the core area of ​​the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The law and order and banditry are serious, and the 15 horses of the Second Guards Army can't manage it. The North Korean army can naturally serve as cannon fodder for North Korea to send troops to assist Ming Dynasty.

Secondly, North Korea has been in peace for more than ten years now, and its food reserves are naturally abundant. If North Korea is brought to its side, the Second Guards Army can directly obtain food and grass funding from North Korea, reducing the difficulty and cost of logistics supply.

Because of this, the Minister of the Navy of the Generalissimo's Mansion, Liu Kongzhao, Hou of Sincerity, did not participate in the task of the Guards Navy participating in the logistics supply of the entire Northern Expedition. He went to North Korea with 22 cavalry and [-] artillery in November of the [-]nd year of Chongzhen.

According to the strategic plan of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Liu Kongzhao's trip to North Korea was not to visit North Korea as an envoy, but to conquer North Korea.

After all, in fact, North Korea was originally a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, but it was changed to Manchu Qing. Although it was forced, it was forced by Ming Dynasty, so the guards naturally wanted to question North Korea.

What's more, in this era, there is no one who can admire you casually. Only when you are stronger than the other party will you be admired by the other party, let alone between countries.

Now that Ming wants North Korea to assist him in his grand plan of the Northern Expedition, he must first use force to frighten North Korea.

Let North Korea know that Daming is not extremely weak, and is stronger than before.

Of course, the crusade was only the initial means, and the real purpose was to use North Korea's power to serve Ming's Northern Expedition, so Daming actually sent envoys.

But this emissary was not Liu Kongzhao.

After all, Liu Kongzhao was the Marquis of Daming, and North Korea was just an ordinary vassal state. According to the usual practice, Daming only needed to send a pedestrian from the Pedestrian Division.

Therefore, this time, the Ming Dynasty still only sent Xu Xianqing, a minister of the Imperial Academy and a member of the Pedestrian Department, as an angel to accompany Liu Kongzhao to North Korea.

If North Korea is willing to betray the Manchu Qing, bow its head and plead guilty, refuse to go to war with Daming, and is willing to return to Daming, Daming will naturally ask Xu Xianqing to be in charge of asking North Korea to assist the Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty. If North Korea is unwilling, then Liu Kongzhao will use force to force North Korea to agree. .

At the end of December in the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Liu Kongzhao arrived near Jeju Island in North Korea.

North Korea has its own navy, and in this era, it has achieved victories in the Wanli period, but now when the Ming Navy appeared, what Liu Kongzhao didn't expect was that these North Korean sailors were not vigilant but cheered.

At this time, Li Shi, the defense officer of the North Korean navy in Jeju Island, North Korea, also learned the news that the Ming Navy appeared on Jeju Island, and Li Shimang ran out himself: "The minister of the vassal, Li Shi, welcomes the angel!"

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