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Hearing He Ping's words, Yan Yu couldn't help but take a step back, then looked into the distance and smiled.
"Yes, I still have my place where I should be."
"Even if you can leave everything behind and find a quiet place to live your own life, I can't."
He Ping looked at Yan Yu quietly: "Your Highness, we have come to this point and there is no room for retreat."
"Yes, there is no room for retreat." Yan Yu nodded: "This is something I should have known when I made an oath to him."
"Then get ready to go." He Ping stood up.
Yan Yu stood up quietly: "Get ready to go."
"I hope we can meet in Seoul next time."
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The fall of Seoul was expected by almost everyone.
Perhaps it was not what Li Song expected. In his opinion, he had left 20,000 defenders in Seoul with sufficient food and grass. Even if he could not hold on for a year and a half, he would still be able to hold on for at least a month. No problem.
But in the end, the answer left by the Seoul defenders for him was three days.
After the Japanese army was officially assembled, the Seoul defenders dared to go out of the city to try to compete with the Japanese army on the first day. However, they were defeated in a big way. The Seoul defenders, who had almost lost their courage, began to completely shut up. , only to find that the Japanese army began to slowly push out iron cannons from the camp.
The iron cannons of this era were not as powerful as those of later generations, and the cannons were firing like crazy. Although the Hongyi cannons had begun to be equipped on warships, those kinds of iron cannons were inconvenient to transport, so the Japanese army sent What came ashore was still a small iron cannon, which was not capable of directly blasting through the city wall, but even so, it was enough to cause a dimensionality reduction blow to the defenders of Seoul.
And even if those iron cannons cannot blast through the city wall, it is still easy for the Japanese army, which has gone through a long period of war, to use these iron cannons to directly kill the defenders on the city wall and attack the interior of Seoul through direct fire.
Therefore, under the dual pressure of being unable to leave the city to meet the enemy, and having to continuously defend the city and being hit by artillery fire, in the end, the Seoul defenders finally announced their surrender cleanly.
After all, even the king has run away, so what's the use of holding on?
On the other hand, Li Song, who had just arrived in Rangping, quickly received news of the three-day fall of Seoul.
While angry, Li Song also felt scared for a moment.
He has already learned from the battle report that the total number of Japanese troops that almost surrounded the entire Seoul in darkness may not be less than 50,000.
Although the number of 50,000 is much less than the 200,000 that Fang Bie had warned before, considering that this is just the number of vanguards attacking Seoul, this 50,000 becomes very scary.
The entire Goryeo army really collapsed in the face of the Japanese army, and could hardly form a strong resistance. Although some subordinates reported that rebels had risen in time in some places in the south to resist the invading Japanese army. Their combat effectiveness was compared to The Goryeo army was actually slightly stronger, but the number was too small.
"I heard that His Majesty has received the news?" Just when Li Song was feeling endless fear and anger, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
Li Song turned around and found that it was Fang Bie standing behind him.
This young man with extraordinary martial arts skills appears and disappears. Now that Li Song has left Seoul like a lost dog, he already regards Fang Bie as a life-saving straw.
"What news?" Li Song retorted.
At this time, he subconsciously still didn't want to tell Fang Bie the news.
Fang Bie sighed: "The defeated troops from Seoul have already arrived in Pingcheng. They gestured with their hands and feet and turned the Japanese troops into green-faced and fanged monsters. I wish I could say that they can breathe fire from their mouths and fly into the sky with their stamps. After all, I have lost it." In Seoul, you can't say that you are incompetent, you have to have an extremely powerful enemy to be able to save some face."
Li Song looked at Fang Bi and said it immediately, and couldn't help but look at the young man: "So, tell me what to do."
"I never thought that I, Li Song, would serve the people diligently all my life, but in the end I would end up as a king who subjugated my country."
After learning that Seoul had fallen so quickly, Li Song's original passion instantly turned into despair.
The fortress of Seoul can only resist for three days, and Pingcheng is only three to five days away from Seoul. When the Japanese army comes, how many days can Pingcheng be able to defend it?
If you give up and make peace, then you can only run to the border of Dazhou, and then you can only rely on it. As the king of Goryeo, you were still a virtuous king, but in the blink of an eye, you became a king of subjugation. Such a gap, How can Li Song accept it.
"Your Majesty." Fang Bie looked at Li Song calmly and said, "Didn't we agree before?"
"If Goryeo can defend its country and its people on its own, then of course everything will be fine."
"But if Goryeo can't do it, it can only ask for help from outside and fight the national crisis together."
"Strong support?" Li Song murmured.
"Yes, strong reinforcements." Fang Bie looked at Li Song: "No matter how powerful the Japanese country is, how does it compare to the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
"But it is easier to ask the gods than to send them away. If the Zhou army really comes to march eastward, let alone the small and weak people of our country, Goryeo, it will be difficult to supply food and materials for the army. Even if we can supply them, when the Japanese country is defeated, I am afraid that The Great Zhou Dynasty will also follow the trend and completely annex Goryeo. At that time, won't I also be the king of subjugation?" Li Song said in a deep voice.
The reason why he has been reluctant to ask for help from Da Zhou is actually, to put it bluntly, such concerns.
Fang Bie looked at Li Song: "I know that you have read poetry and books since you were a child, and you know the Confucian classics by heart, but have you read the Nanhua Sutra?"
Li Song nodded: "As long as it is a classic written by the ancient sages of China, I have touched upon it a little bit."
"Isn't that the end?" Fang Bie looked at Li Song: "There is a story in the Nanhua Sutra called "Huizi Xiangliang"."
"The story tells that Huizi became the prime minister of Liang State. He had a good friend Zhuangzi who wanted to visit him, but someone told Huizi that Zhuangzi was more virtuous than you. He came to Liang State probably because he wanted to You take your place."
"So Huizi was very frightened after hearing this, and went around looking for Zhuangzi in order to arrest him in advance."
"But I never expected that instead of running away, Zhuangzi ran to see Huizi and told him that there was a bird in the south, and its name was the bird."
"It originates from the South China Sea and flies over the North Sea. It will not stop unless it is a sycamore tree, it will not eat unless it is made of solid food, and it will not drink unless it is a sweet spring spring."
"But at this time, an owl found a dead mouse. When he was about to enjoy it, he suddenly saw such a quail flying beside him."
"So the owl was very scared, looked at the bird and threatened: Scared!"
"So, Zhuangzi looked at Huizi and said: Are you planning to scare me with your Liang Kingdom?"
Fang Bie quietly told Li Song this story that he might have read but had forgotten.
Li Song was silent for a while.
Of course he understands what Fang Bi means.
The Kingdom of Goryeo, which he was obsessed with and refused to let go of, might seem to Zhou like a rotten rat that had no interest in it.
But even so, he still didn't want to take the risk of letting Da Zhou come in front of this rot rat, even if another bird came from the east and planned to snatch this rot rat from him.
"Goguryeo was a country that had not been conquered for generations by the Great Zhou Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it did not really annex it. Instead, it allowed Silla and Baekje to inherit its territory and continue to thrive here. It has been nearly a thousand years since then. Fang Bie looked at Li Song and advised: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty chased people to the north, and the military force swept the world, but in the end he never thought about the Goryeo Kingdom. Now that the Goryeo Kingdom is in danger and is in danger, he is worried. Dazhou has the intention to replace him, but it is too much to judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Li Song was gradually convinced by Fang Bie. He looked at him: "So..."
"So, I am willing to ask for help from the king." Fang Bie looked at Li Song and said, "I know that the king has sent an urgent mission before."
"But it's not enough to just be anxious."
"If your Majesty is willing to write a letter to ask for help, I am willing to travel across the stars and the moon to deliver the Great Zhou Dynasty to Yanjing for Your Majesty."
"Bring the heavenly soldiers as soon as possible."
"I wonder what the king wants?"
Li Song looked at Fang Farewell for a long time, and finally lowered his head helplessly.
"promise."
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"But it is easier to ask the gods than to send them away. If the Zhou army really comes to march eastward, let alone the small and weak people of our country, Goryeo, it will be difficult to supply food and materials for the army. Even if we can supply them, when the Japanese country is repulsed, I am afraid that The Great Zhou Dynasty will also follow the trend and completely annex Goryeo. At that time, won't I also be the king of subjugation?" Li Song said in a deep voice.
The reason why he has been reluctant to ask for help from Da Zhou is actually, to put it bluntly, such concerns.
Fang Bie looked at Li Song: "I know that you have read poetry and books since you were a child, and you know the Confucian classics by heart, but have you read the Nanhua Sutra?"
Li Song nodded: "As long as it is a classic written by the ancient sages of China, I have touched upon it a little bit."
"Isn't that the end?" Fang Bie looked at Li Song: "There is a story in the Nanhua Sutra called "Huizi Xiangliang"."
"The story tells that Huizi became the prime minister of Liang State. He had a good friend Zhuangzi who wanted to visit him, but someone told Huizi that Zhuangzi was more virtuous than you. He came to Liang State probably because he wanted to You take your place."
"So Huizi was very frightened after hearing this, and went around looking for Zhuangzi in order to arrest him in advance."
"But I never expected that instead of running away, Zhuangzi ran to see Huizi and told him that there was a bird in the south, and its name was the bird."
"It originates from the South China Sea and flies over the North Sea. It will not stop unless it is a sycamore tree, it will not eat unless it is made of solid food, and it will not drink unless it is a sweet spring spring."
"But at this time, an owl found a dead mouse. When he was about to enjoy it, he suddenly saw such a quail flying beside him."
"So the owl was very scared, looked at the bird and threatened: Scared!"
"So, Zhuangzi looked at Huizi and said: Are you planning to scare me with your Liang Kingdom?"
Fang Bie quietly told Li Song this story that he might have read but had forgotten.
Li Song was silent for a while.
Of course he understands what Fang Bi means.
The Kingdom of Goryeo, which he was obsessed with and refused to let go of, might seem to Zhou like a rotten rat that had no interest in it.
But even so, he still didn't want to take the risk of letting Da Zhou come in front of this rot rat, even if another bird came from the east and planned to snatch this rot rat from him.
"Goguryeo was a country that had not been conquered for generations by the Great Zhou Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it did not really annex it. Instead, it allowed Silla and Baekje to inherit its territory and continue to thrive here. It has been nearly a thousand years since then. Fang Bie looked at Li Song and advised: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty chased people to the north, and the military force swept the world, but in the end he never thought about the Goryeo Kingdom. Now that the Goryeo Kingdom is in danger and is in danger, he is worried. Dazhou has the intention to replace him, but it is too much to judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Li Song was gradually convinced by Fang Bie. He looked at him: "So..."
"So, I am willing to ask for help from the king." Fang Bie looked at Li Song and said, "I know that the king has sent an urgent mission before."
"But it's not enough to just be anxious."
"If your Majesty is willing to write a letter to ask for help, I am willing to travel across the stars and the moon to deliver the Great Zhou Dynasty to Yanjing for Your Majesty."
"Bring the heavenly soldiers as soon as possible."
"I wonder what the king wants?"
Li Song looked at Fang Farewell for a long time, and finally lowered his head helplessly.
"promise."
"But I never expected that instead of running away, Zhuangzi ran to see Huizi and told him that there was a bird in the south, and its name was the bird."
"It originates from the South China Sea and flies over the North Sea. It will not stop unless it is a sycamore tree, it will not eat unless it is made of solid food, and it will not drink unless it is a sweet spring spring."
"But at this time, an owl found a dead mouse. When he was about to enjoy it, he suddenly saw such a quail flying beside him."
"So the owl was very scared, looked at the bird and threatened: Scared!"
"So, Zhuangzi looked at Huizi and said: Are you planning to scare me with your Liang Kingdom?"
Fang Bie quietly told Li Song this story that he might have read but had forgotten.
Li Song was silent for a while.
Of course he understands what Fang Bi means.
The Kingdom of Goryeo, which he was obsessed with and refused to let go of, might seem to Zhou like a rotten rat that had no interest in it.
But even so, he still didn't want to take the risk of letting Da Zhou come in front of this rot rat, even if another bird came from the east and planned to snatch this rot rat from him.
"Goguryeo was a country that had not been conquered by the Zhou Dynasty for generations. When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it did not really annex it. Instead, it allowed Silla and Baekje to inherit its territory and continue to thrive here. It has been nearly a thousand years since then. Fang Bie looked at Li Song and advised: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty chased people to the north, and the military force swept the world, but in the end he never thought about the Kingdom of Koryo. Now that the Kingdom of Koryo is in danger and is in danger, he is worried. Dazhou has the intention to replace him, but it is too much to judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Li Song was gradually convinced by Fang Bie. He looked at him: "So..."
"So, I am willing to ask for help from the king." Fang Bie looked at Li Song and said, "I know that the king has sent an urgent mission before."
"But it's not enough to just be anxious."
"If your Majesty is willing to write a letter to ask for help, I am willing to travel across the stars and the moon to deliver the Great Zhou Dynasty to Yanjing for Your Majesty."
"Bring the heavenly soldiers as soon as possible."
"I wonder what the king wants?"
Li Song looked at Fang Farewell for a long time, and finally lowered his head helplessly.
"promise."
