When Emperor Kangxi was feeling uneasy, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. He quickly looked up and saw a dozen knights flying towards him. Look at the clothes they are wearing, they are all yellow jackets!
Kang Mazi felt something was wrong, so he quickly took out his telescope and took a closer look. When he took a look, Mayan was shocked.
Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Wang Fuchen, who accompanied him out of Shengjing City on a tour of the surrounding areas and were the ministers of the South Study Room, as well as Zhang Ying, who had contributed to the rebellion in Tongcheng and was transferred back to the South Study Room, were working together at the moment. Pegasus comes.
This time he just walked around Shengjing casually, inspecting the surrounding Huangzhuang and Qizhuang to show his attention to the settlement outside the pass. So he took the three ministers of the Southern Study Room, including Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Wang Fuchen, as well as Zhang Ying, Zhao Shenqiao, and others. At the same time, he placed all the court officials who came to Shengjing in Shengjing city.
Now Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Wang Fuchen, and Zhang Ying are all here together... Needless to say, something big must have happened!
As soon as he thought that something big had happened, the worry that had just appeared on Kangxi's pockmarked face was swept away, leaving only confidence.
Mingjun... no matter what, you must maintain the demeanor of not changing your face even if the mountain collapses.
Kang Mazi put away the telescope and immediately stood on the official road. After waiting quietly for a while, four good servants had already arrived on flying horses. He didn't dare to gallop up to Kangxi, so he reined in the horse within twenty or thirty steps, then turned over and dismounted, and ran to Kang Mazi in two steps before kneeling down to salute.
"Why are you here?" Kangxi looked at them and asked calmly, "Did the pseudo-Ming take action?"
Zhu Heji had already announced that he would not fight for three years, and he kept his promise... Now that the three years have expired, the Qing court naturally expected that he would go to war. .
"Your Majesty!" Suo'etu said, "The South Study Room has just received a joint letter from Deng Guangming, the Imperial Supervisor of North Korea, Yu Chenglong, the Imperial Supervisor of North Korea, and Shi Lang, the Imperial Navy Minister of the Beiyang Navy. A sudden change occurred in North Korea, and the North Korean King Li Yin rebelled. Surrender to false evidence..."
"Hmph!" Kangxi said angrily, "Li Yin is so bold that I will kill him!"
Upon hearing that Kangxi wanted to kill Li Yin, Suo'etu immediately continued what he said: "Your Majesty, Li Yin has been killed!"
Ah, so fast?
Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and his face showed joy... This is good news!
"So, Li Yan's rebellion has come to an end?" Kangxi asked with a smile, "Then who is in charge of the Li family in North Korea now?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, the current person in power in the North Korean Dynasty is Li Wenji, who has the power to know the state affairs of North Korea."
"Li Wenji?" Kangxi was stunned, "Why does this name sound so strange? He is..."
"What the Lord Long Live said is absolutely true," Suo'etu said, "The name of Princess Ming'an of North Korea is a bit difficult to express in a dignified manner."
"Master Ming'an?" Kangxi looked astonished, "Why did you marry a girl? What did Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong do? Is there no one left in the Li Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty," Suo'etu said, "this Li Wenji was not established by Deng Guangming, Yu Chenglong and others..."
"What's going on?" Kangxi already realized something was wrong, "Who is in the hands of Seoul now?"
"Yes, in the hands of the puppet Ming army!" Suo'etu said.
"What? What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, this is what happened." Suo Etu said, "On the eighth day of August, more than a hundred warships from the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared on the sea of Asan Bay in Chungcheong Province, North Korea... The news reached Seoul that King Li Yin of North Korea was about to rebel, and ordered the training supervisors in Seoul to attack the Yamen of the imperial envoys. When Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong received the news, they made a prompt decision and summoned more than 200 of their subordinates. The cavalry raided North Korea's Changdeok Palace and killed Li Yin with muskets, and also captured Li Yin's princess Kim."
"Well done!" Kangxi nodded heavily, and then he thought something was wrong, "Then why was Seoul lost?"
Yes, the king was beaten to death and the princess was captured alive. Why was Seoul still lost?
This is unreasonable!
To capture the thief, capture the king first. Once the king of Korea dies, the minions following him will definitely panic to death. Although Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong had few soldiers, the Qing Dynasty also had many eagle and dog pawns in Seoul. If they were mobilized, how could they withstand it for a while? As long as the reinforcements that carry them to Haeju arrive, they can rely on Seoul to hold on for a while.
After all, the number of Ming troops coming across the sea will not be too large, and there will be tens of thousands of them if they are overwhelmed.
Moreover, there is no port over Asan. More than 10,000 troops landed at a fishing port, and it would take only three to five days to complete the landing!
"Your Majesty, the inscriptions of Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong said that they could have stabilized the situation. But I didn't expect that Li Yan's thirteen-year-old sister Ming'an Wenji Li Wenji was a character. She took advantage of the chaos and took Li Yan's seal. He and the puppet Ming Dynasty Supervisor Zhu Heji issued an edict, highlighted Changdeokgung Palace, rushed to the training capital supervisor army... and then falsely conveyed Li Zhen's order, instigating the third-hand army training capital supervisor to storm Changdeok Palace . Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong were outnumbered, so they had to break out and leave. In such a hurry, they didn't even have time to take away Li Yan's body, only Princess Jin was taken away."
I have to say that this guy, who is less than Jackie Chan, is also a good storyteller, and he actually wrote the chaos in Seoul so wonderfully!
And it's quite reasonable...otherwise, why didn't the Korean army disband after Li Yin's death? How could a little girl like Li Wenji become the powerful person to know about state affairs?
The only reasonable explanation is that this little girl played a big role in the chaos in Seoul!
"What? This happened?" Emperor Kangxi couldn't believe his ears, but he believed it in the end and sighed, "I didn't expect that Li Wenji was actually a hero among women? But how could such a woman... Are you willing to sacrifice your life for Zhu Heji?"
However, Kang Mazi's sigh only lasted for a moment. He immediately cheered up and continued to ask: "What is the situation in Haizhou now? Who is in the hands of Ganghwa Island? Who is in the hands of Pyongyang?"
Suo'etu said: "Reporting to the emperor, Haizhou, Ganghwa Island, and Pyongyang are all in our hands... After Shi Lang learned that there was a change in Seoul, he immediately dispatched warships to Ganghwa Island to remove Li Li from the island. All the clan members captured Haeju. Deng Guangming and Yu Chenglong took the North Korean Princess Kim and borrowed two thousand infantry from Haeju and went straight to Pyongyang. They controlled Pyongyang and Shi Lang controlled Ganghwa Island. Both the front and back feet were delivered.”
"Okay!" Kang Mazi shouted, his pockmarked face full of confidence, "Boy drives back to the palace... I will summon the ministers to discuss sending troops to Korea!"
As he spoke, Kangxi's pockmarked face showed another smile, "The Pseudo-Ming Dynasty's cross-sea expedition was carried out by a single army... The maximum number of troops could be more than ten thousand. And I have a hundred thousand troops on hand, enough to defeat North Korea." !”
In fact, the Qing army originally had only 60,000 troops in Liaodong, and this was just a number on paper - the current Kangxi could not afford a standing army of 300,000, and neither Zhu nor Ji had that many standing troops.
Kangxi's 300,000-strong army actually only had 60,000 green battalions stationed in various places as standing troops. The 240,000 New Eight Banners were awarded to Zhuangzi and then took turns to serve, and only 80,000 were available at any time.
Among the 60,000 Eight Banners troops stationed in Liaodong, only 20,000 are available at any time. However, because Kangxi himself wandered from Beijing to Shengjing, he transferred 20,000 people from outside the mouth and the Beijing-Tianjin area. He also ordered the four Mongolian alliances to send 5,000 cavalry each to accompany him.
So after the mobilization of the Qing army in Liaodong, Kangxi could really pull out an army of 100,000!
One hundred thousand versus ten thousand, the advantage is not small!
...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am so happy...we have taken Seoul!"
Just when Kang Mazi hurriedly returned to Shengjing and began to deploy troops and generals in preparation for sending troops to North Korea, Zhu Heji also received the news.
The person who brought him the news was the attendant minister Yan Yuan. Before Yan Yuan entered the conference hall in the Wenhua Palace, his voice full of surprise came from outside.
At this time, a money-borrowing meeting was being held in the conference hall... The Ming court led by Zhu Heji had no money to fight the war and had to borrow money!
