For several days in a row, Seoul was under the white terror. A large number of armored soldiers patrolled the city day and night. The people were anxious and anxious at the door, but no one dared to step out. They all speculated about what happened and whether it could happen. A palace change?
Most likely.
After all, there were too many coups during Li Zhu's reign, and each time there was such martial law.
The Qing embassy area was besieged by heavy troops. The number of troops more than doubled from a few days ago. This was because a group of mysterious people tried to break through the card in the past two days and were easily slaughtered by the Forbidden Army.
Being besieged, Long Guda was restless at this time. He did not know that Jin Zidian and Zhao had been arrested and interrogated, let alone what Li Zhu was going to do. However, he had already sensed the danger and knew that if he did not do something, he would I'm going to die here.
We must not sit still and wait for death!
Liu Shichang has been staying at home for the past few days. He has ordered all his men to stay dormant. They are playing a secret game and secretly fueling the storm. They never take part in the violent storms on the sea.
Therefore, Liu Shichang did not know what was going on in the palace at this time, but based on his inference, the vigorous and resolute Li Zhu would soon convict Zhao and Jin Zidian for treason. If they should be killed, they would be exiled and arrested. If the same party clears the court, on the other hand, they will attack the dragon bone, but they will not attack it by force, but force it to surrender and surrender, and use it as a hostage to negotiate with the Qing court in the future.
However, after waiting for several days, there was no movement. Just when he was wondering, someone from the palace sent a message and Li Zhu summoned him into the palace.
This surprised Liu Shichang. Although Li Zhu knew of his existence, he had never summoned him. Apparently there was something urgent at this time, so he pretended to be suspicious and went to the palace.
The atmosphere in the palace was extremely depressing, and Li Zhu was obviously very worried. He was staring at a letter in front of his eucalyptus with a frown on his face. The guards notified him twice before he came to his senses and allowed Liu Shichang to enter the palace.
Liu Shichang is a very observant person. Seeing the look on Li Zhu's face, he knew that he had encountered a difficult matter, and it was definitely not a conspiracy by Zhao and others. This matter was already in his hands and could not be escaped. Could it be...
Li Jie did not tell him how to deal with Jin Zidian and others' rebellion. He went straight to the topic and asked: "Where have your troops been?"
Liu Shichang was startled, raised his eyebrows and said: "We landed a few days ago. Our current location is unknown, but we should be not far from Seoul."
"Can you urge me to come? If it's too late, I'm afraid North Korea will be in danger!" Li Shu sighed, tremblingly took the secret letter in front of him and handed it over. Liu Shichang took it respectfully and was shocked when he read it.
This letter was sent by the general of Yizhou, and the content was simple and clear: Thousands of Qing troops entered the country and headed straight for Seoul!
Uiju is a border city of North Korea and a trade area with the Qing Dynasty. Now the Qing Dynasty suddenly sent troops to enter the country without any warning, which is really puzzling and scary. The Yiju garrison did not have the strength to stop it and the Qing army did not capture Yiju. , but went straight to Seoul, so the purpose was very clear!
Why did the Qing army come?
The moment he received the secret message, Li Jian also broke out in a cold sweat.
The moment he prepared to fight against the Qing Dynasty with Ming Dynasty, he made all the worst plans, but he did not expect that the Qing army would strike first and send troops without any warning!
Did he lose his patience and directly send troops to force him to supply supplies, or did he hear some rumors?
But no matter what the situation is, the Qing army is really sending troops, but I am not ready yet, what should I do?
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And the preparation he made was actually the Ming army's reinforcements. Otherwise, with the national strength and military strength of North Korea at this time, there would be no way to parry it. In fact, he heard that the Ming army secretly sent a troop of soldiers and horses over, and then sent them to North Korea. After Li Hao was sent, he decided to resist the Qing Dynasty and take action, otherwise he could only dream about it.
Some people may be confused, the Qing army only had a few thousand soldiers and horses, but they frightened Li Zhu into this?
That's because you don't know how weak North Korea's national power is now!
Many people say how corrupt the late Ming Dynasty was, and how incompetent and lazy the ministers were. In fact, compared with North Korea, they pale into insignificance. North Korea’s government is a fighter in corruption. Let’s talk about those first. Ministers, apart from spitting at each other in the court and accusing each other of engaging in clique disputes, they did not do any serious business. Korean Wen Tianwuxi, even after the Battle of Dingmao, was still "in peace at the top and bottom, high officials and small officials were leisurely and ordinary, and all Those who meet with officials to prepare for the situation are just humorous and suck southern grass; those who lean on the gate of the commander-in-chief are just prostitutes and indulge in wine and meat." It means that the whole country is living in peace, officials big and small are doing nothing, and important ministers from the border department gather together to smoke and joke. , and the frontier generals spend their days having sex with prostitutes, drinking wine and eating meat.
King Injo relied on the group of meritorious officials to maintain his power, and allowed the meritorious officials to oppress the people and annex land. The people of Joseon said: "The difference between the powerful ministers in the court and the deposed court (Gwanghae Jun) is just appearance and ears!" Chief Secretary General Lee Kyung-seok also reflected The heavy taxes and servitude led to the "dispersion of people's hearts", so that some Koreans in Pyongyang and Hwanghae Province shouted, "Why don't the thieves (Qing troops) come? The thieves come to live with me!" This shows that North Korea has serious internal conflicts and centrifugation. It is difficult to organize the military and civilians to launch effective resistance.
North Korea also lacked generals. Zhang Wan, the commander-in-chief of the capital in the early years of King Injo, lamented that "none of the generals know how to fight, they only know how to use bribes to become officials."
Therefore, North Korean minister Zheng Zhongxin mocked himself as "a country without soldiers", and Huang Taiji often called North Korea "a country of sons and daughters."
As the saying goes, if one soldier is raging, the generals are raging in a nest, and North Korea is full of raging enemies, how can you expect him to do anything?
Let’s talk about military strength. Before North Korea recognized its godfather, it claimed to have 18 troops, but in fact it only had 60,000 people. Although Li Jian had the intention and took some measures to expand the army, but... under the sweep of Huang Taiji’s army, he died. Very few of the prisoners who were captured remained in North Korea. It can even be said that except for the several thousand people in Seoul, the capital, there were only a few hundred people stationed in other cities, even the border Uiju, and there were only a few dozen people in other cities. It's better to say it's an army than an urban management team.
The military strength is not good, and the armaments and military supplies are in a state of disarray. Firearms, weapons, and armor are either in short supply or lagging behind...
The last North Korea had major deficiencies in its city defense strategy. After being swept away by the Qing Dynasty for the first time, North Korea felt that building cities on roads and flat areas was unsafe and undefendable and could not stop the enemy's army, so it began to adjust its defense strategy. Cities are built on mountains, such as Uiju, Pyongyang, Kaesong, etc. If you want to defend them against danger, it will not be that easy to capture them.
It is indeed not easy, but... why should I attack...
Huang Taiji was very disdainful of this at the beginning, and told the North Korean envoys, you gave up the main road, and we directly marched our army to Seoul. How could you stop me? Are you carrying the mountain on your back to stop me?
In fact, when the second war started, this is how Huang Taiji's army came. Over there, news came from Yizhou that the Qing army had entered. When Seoul received the news to prepare for war, everyone came to Kaesong!
And this time, the same is true for the Qing army entering the country. They have no intention of starting a war along the way and want to go straight to Huanglong!
The only good thing is that the news from Yiju was delivered quickly!
To sum up, North Korea now has a depleted treasury, no troops and no pay, and the government is corrupt and incompetent. It has no power to resist the Qing army. It is no wonder that the usually steady Li Jian panicked at this time. Anyone else might have I was so scared that I peed my pants.
