"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Park Hongchang next to him asked curiously when he saw Li Zhen being so surprised and full of anger.
They, Goryeo, were not qualified to be emperor.
At most, he is just a king.
Even a king needs to get the Ming Dynasty's golden book. He can only be considered a king if he can't get it. Be the king.
Although they sometimes call themselves emperors in private, they are still kings on the surface, and Li Zhen can only be the crown prince, not the prince.
"The five thousand people we sent out encountered a thousand Ming troops, but those thousand Ming troops killed nearly four thousand people. Only a thousand people could escape!"
Li Zhu said in shock and anger.
"Axiba!"
Park Hongchang was also shocked and exclaimed: "How is this possible?"
No matter how strong the Ming army was, if five thousand fought against one thousand, no matter how they fought, Goryeo would be able to win.
Besides, the strength of their Goryeo soldiers is not weak, especially in archery and riding. Goryeo's horses are taller than Ming Dynasty's, how could they be so rubbed by Ming Dynasty.
Pu Hongchang quickly asked: "What are the casualties of the Ming army?"
Li Zhen couldn't believe it and said: "It seems... not a single one was injured. According to the description of the soldiers who escaped, they couldn't even get close to the Ming army, and they were almost killed."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Park Hongchang said in disbelief.
Li Zhen also felt that it was impossible, so subverting their inherent cognition.
The Ming army can't be that strong!
"Go find them!"
Li Zhen shouted: "Come here, where are the soldiers who escaped?"
He quickly found the more than a thousand people who had desperately escaped.
These soldiers were all disgraced, and some of their bodies were still trembling. They were shivering with fear. The impact of those firearms on them was too great.
Their courage was almost shattered by firearms.
Li Zhuo questioned them and finally came to the conclusion that the Ming army killed 4,000 of them by one thousand, all with the help of a super powerful firearm.
As for how powerful it is, they can't tell.
But they could only imagine how terrifying it was to have only a thousand people come back after being bombed.
"What do you think, Mr. Park?"
Li Zhu frowned and asked after listening to the process.
Pu Hongchang said worriedly: "If the firearms of the Ming army are really that powerful, we must not fight, otherwise it will be very dangerous. We should write a letter of credence immediately and send it to Yingtian Mansion to confess to Emperor Zhu."
Li Zhu thought for a long time and said: "No! I don't think so. Mr. Pu, do you still remember, Ding Liao Youwei?"
Pu Hongchang nodded and said: "There is a new type of fire gun among the Dingliao right guards, which can fire continuously and has strong penetrating power."
Li Zhen said with confidence: "But Dingliao right guard is our opponent? No! Our strategy is completely unpredictable to Dingliao right guard. He has fought so many battles with Ke Tianlang, and he is basically led by us. Walking with your nose pointed, it’s obvious that he’s not that strong.”
The main reason was that Ke Tianlang had too many worries and did not dare to disobey the order and cross the Yalu River. Otherwise, those Korean stickmen would not be qualified to dance in front of Ke Tianlang.
But Li Zhu regarded this as his victory, thinking that he could overwhelm the Ming army, far outperform the Ming army, and even defeat the Ming army.
"It makes sense!"
Pu Hongchang thought of the combat power of Dingliao right guard and nodded in agreement.
Li Zhen added: "Perhaps those five thousand people were attacked by the Ming army due to poor terrain or other reasons, resulting in a great defeat. They were afraid of taking responsibility, so they could only blame everything on the Ming army." .”
Korean people are very self-righteous and arrogant.
After hearing what Li Bao said, Pu Hongchang didn't think there was a problem. He thought it made sense. The strength of their Goryeo soldiers would definitely not defeat the Ming army, and they would still fight with more troops and fewer troops.
What led to this was that the general named Pu Chong should have done something wrong.
But the generals were all dead, and they couldn't pursue anything.
"They can defeat 5,000 of us with 1,000 men. The Ming army's firearms are indeed very strong. I don't deny this." Li Zhu said again.
"So we have to be careful in the next battle!" Park Hongchang agreed.
"That's right!"
Li Zhuo said, his eyes hardened, and he continued: "Since the Ming army dares to hurt our Korean warriors and kill our Korean soldiers, I will make him pay the due price."
"What does the prince plan to do?"
"Kill in again."
Li Bao said harshly: "Aren't there a few forts nearby that haven't been plundered? We fought in and robbed them all!"
"Pass my order to mobilize another 10,000 people and follow me across the Yalu River tomorrow morning."
The order was quickly passed on by him.
Within Goryeo, the entire army was mobilized, preparing to do something big and avenge the soldiers who died in the battle.
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Miyun.
Tie Xuan continued to be stationed here. After the last victory in the attack on Sukhbaru, Geng Xuan led troops to support and fought another victory, defeating the Tatars so that they did not dare to go south.
Such illustrious military exploits made the soldiers in Peiping envious and jealous.
However, Tie Xuan ignored these Peiping soldiers and really let them cook in the logistics or carry grain and grass, doing the most ordinary things, and never had a chance to fight again.
They were full of anger and couldn't vent it.
But these soldiers did so according to Zhu Di's orders, and some even began to question Zhu Di. They used to support Zhu Di because they could get various rewards and countless trophies from Zhu Di.
Now after listening to Zhu Di's words, life is getting worse day by day. People are greedy for benefits and greedy. In addition, I see that Tie Xuan and the others will soon have military exploits and get a lot of trophies. In comparison, I have nothing.
The gap is too big to bear.
If Tie Xuan wants to run the army and regain the soldiers in Peiping, he must use sharp methods. No matter what they think or what their demands are, he must first idle them.
"General Geng, what do you think can be done next?"
Tie Xuan spread out a map and placed it on the table. He looked at the vast grassland terrain to the north of Miyun and continued: "Those Tatars know the power of our firearms and the strength of our troops, and they dare not confront us now. Instead of fighting, we sent the cavalry south, plundered and then left. When we came to kill them, they immediately ran away. As soon as we retreated, they came to kill again. There were many more cavalry in the grassland than us, and their riding skills were better. They came and went like the wind. , not very easy to fight!"
Now the Tatars have changed their strategy. Instead of fighting head-on, they are playing guerrilla style.
When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance.
It's okay once or twice, but if you fiddle with it a few more times, it will be very annoying.
Tie Xuan was made angry by them and lost his temper.
"The Tatar style of fighting is disgusting."
Geng Xuan tapped his fingers on the map for a while, and then said: "But we can also change our strategy. The people on the grassland are mainly nomadic and live in no fixed place. This is one, and the other is It’s the water source. If we can sneak attack the Tatar rear and cut off the water source, we may be able to reverse all this.”
