The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 432

Yangzhou County in North Korea is less than a hundred miles northeast of Seoul, but it is quite desolate.Especially after the year of Bingzi, even the busiest streets can hardly see many people.

But today, in an unremarkable house in the southern suburbs of the city, many dignitaries from North Korea gathered, all of whom came to celebrate the birthday of the former Chief Adviser Kim Sang-heon.

Although Kim Sang-heon is no longer an official now, he was once the leader of the Qingxi faction, one of the two major factions in North Korea's political arena. .

It's just that given the situation in North Korea, how can there be any strength to continue fighting.

The dozen or so people in the hall waited for the Lord to appear for a long time, and they all came forward to congratulate him, and some people who knew him well said with a smile: "Lord Jin, we have been here for a long time, why don't we see the birthday banquet?"

Jin Shangxian glanced around and saw that all the people invited had arrived, but he ordered the servants outside the house, "Old Zheng, close the door and lock it. No one can enter!"

"Yes, sir."

Jin Shangxian turned around and raised his hand to the astonished crowd, and said loudly: "My lords, in fact, today is not my birthday. I invite you here because I have an important matter to discuss."

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and all eyes looked over at the same time.

Jin Shangxian sighed and said: "In the year of Ding Mao, the Hulu invaded with [-] troops on the grounds that I was secretly helping General Pidao Mao, entered Dingzhou, Anzhou, Pyongyang, and Changcheng, massacred the four cities, and forced me to fight with them. Thieves call brothers and cut off the relationship between heaven and earth!

"In the year of Bingzi, the captives scorned me for not paying tribute and congratulating the chieftain on his birthday. They invaded with 10 horsemen and destroyed our city. Wu Daji, Yin Ji, and Hong Yi Han are three loyal, and they forced our country to worship the captives as our father's country..."

In fact, speaking of it, North Korea suffered from the Jianlu military disaster much more seriously than Ming Dynasty.

In order to seize food and slaves, and also to stabilize the rear when it invaded the Ming Dynasty, Hou Jin invaded North Korea twice on a large scale in the seventh year of Tianqi and the ninth year of Chongzhen.

Due to the huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, the captive army swept North Korea twice without much effort. Wherever they went, blood flowed into rivers, and many places were slaughtered as empty cities.

The king of North Korea relied on kowtowing to Jianlu, pledging his sons and heroes as pledges, worshiping Jianlu as the suzerain, and donating a lot of money, food and beautiful women in exchange for the country's last days.

Jin Shangxian was already in tears as he said, "The barbarians attacked me twice, killed nearly a million people, and robbed 30 women and sent them to Jianzhou as slaves. Their evil deeds will not be tolerated..."

Jin Qingzheng, the son of Jin Yu, who was in charge of politics, also sighed heavily, "Oh, Mr. Jin, why do you need to mention these things again?" He pointed to the people in the hall, "Everyone here has met Hulu with swords and guns, There is even a group of rebels who have fought against the bandits for several years, but our country is small and the soldiers are weak, even though tens of thousands of soldiers died, we have not been able to shake the Hulu..."

The others also nodded in agreement, "General Jin is right. Every time we raise our troops against the captives, we kill a few thieves. When they counterattack, we will die ten times and a hundred times."

"Although everyone is eager to eat raw meat, but they are powerless..."

"Your Majesty Jin, you have done the most justice yourself, and you are the one who knows the most about the difficulty of the captive army..."

Jin Shangxian wiped away the tears, and there was incomparable determination in his eyes, "but now there is a good opportunity to bring down the barbarians.

"The Celestial Dynasty sent people to contact me a few days ago, saying that there will be a large army going northward, directly attacking the hinterland of the Hulu!"

Kim Sang-heon invited all North Korean officials from the main combat faction, and they immediately exclaimed: "The Celestial Dynasty has finally dispatched troops!"

"I don't know how many people can come?"

"Lord Jin, when will the heavenly soldiers arrive?"

Jin Shangxian signaled everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "This time, the Celestial Dynasty is going north with warships. However, it is a long way from Jiangnan, and we need to replenish food and fresh water in Incheon."

He shook his head again, "It's just that the imperial court was stared at by Hulu, so they didn't dare to distribute the silver taels. To supply the army's consumption, the money and food needed are not small, and the old man can only spend [-]-[-]% of his family's wealth.

"I invite you all to come here today because I want everyone to pool some money to pay the Heavenly Army."

"No problem!" Someone responded immediately, "I'll donate one thousand guan!"

"I will offer [-] guan!"

"I also pay [-]..."

Jin Shangxian excitedly wrote down one by one with a pen and paper, and said: "There are still six or seven days before the arrival of the heavenly army. I hope you will cash in the money and food as soon as possible."

However, he didn't notice that a little old man with a black and yellow complexion was always shrunk in the corner, staring at this side without saying a word.

……

"My lord, the outpost reports that there is no trace of the North Korean navy."

Zheng Chenggong nodded, took out his pocket watch to check again, and then ordered: "It's the appointed time, send an order, full sail to the north, and stop at the south side of Chaoren Island."

"Yes!"

Since North Korea is nominally a vassal state of the Manchu Qing, it would be quite troublesome to be encountered by its navy, so the Daming navy had to try to avoid it.

Although Jin Shangxian had already told the messenger in detail the time and route of the North Korean naval patrol, Zheng Chenggong was still extremely cautious because this trip was related to the war situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Fortunately, Kim Sang-heon's information was fairly accurate, and the navy and his warships arrived at the scheduled supply location - the nearest island to the west of Incheon, Chaoren Island - calmly.

Jin Shangxian stood at the foot of the dwarf mountain, looking nervously at the bay in the distance. It was a deserted port due to the war. Not a single resident was left, but it was the best place to connect with the Celestial Army.

In the grove behind him were more than 20 carts of food and fresh water, surrounded by [-] or [-] guards with swords and guns.

These people were all the anti-capitalist rebels he had funded in the early years. Although they were all defeated by the Jiancapitals, all of them who survived to this day have some real skills in their hands.

"My lord, here we come!" A subordinate who climbed on the top of the tree pointed to the south and shouted, "There are twenty or thirty boats!"

Jin Shangxian felt a surge of excitement, and was about to send someone to drive to the abandoned port, but suddenly he heard whistles all around.Immediately, a group of people and horses rolled out from both sides of the short mountain, surrounded him and the supplies in the middle without any explanation.

"Who are you in?" Jin Shangxian saw that the visitors were all dressed as Korean soldiers, but he was calm, and said in a deep voice, "Don't you even know me?"

"Master Jin, this is the soldier and horse of Master Cui Namjeong, the envoy of the Zuo Province of Gyeonggi Province." The one who spoke was the little old man who had been silent during the secret meeting of the Jin Mansion that day, "Listen to me, you should bring someone back Let's go to Yangzhou."

"Brother Li?" Jin Shangxian was taken aback. This little old man with a black and yellow complexion is his best friend, Gongcao sentenced Li Xingli, "Why are you here? What's going on with these soldiers?"

Li Xingli said earnestly, "Lord Jin, I'm here to save you!"

(End of this chapter)