North Korea's five thousand troops suddenly charged with Tang Yin, as if they had been given blood.
But they found that the men and horses of Wang Jia's tribe came and ran faster, and they couldn't even catch up. They hid in the mountains and forests as if they had never appeared before.
However, they did find a lot of scattered food and so on along the way.
"Three were captured alive, twenty or thirty people were killed, and sixteen heads were left..."
After the results of the war were compiled, even Li Kejun and others felt that they had been cheated.
Why are there so few people?
But the morale of the North Korean army was greatly shaken.
Xu Jing, who was accompanying the army, smiled and said to Li Kejun: "You see, these Wang Jiamen are all here to deliver food to us."
Li Kejun ignored Xu Jing. He went to Tang Yin and said bluntly: "Even if we get some food, it is impossible for our army to continue marching north. We also ask the Tang envoy to inform the Liaodong governor on his behalf that our Korean army has tried its best. "
Tang Yin said: "Are you going to disobey me?"
Li Kejun said directly: "There is nothing we can do!"
At this moment, another messenger arrived and brought news from the north of the Hunjiang River: "...the prisoners captured said that the Huifa Ministry had heard that the Ming Dynasty and North Korea had jointly sent troops and had retreated to Huifa City. Now the Walled City is empty.”
Li Kejun said coldly: "They must be talking nonsense. They are just members of the Wangjia Department. How can they know so clearly about the Huifa Department?"
Tang Yin stepped forward and grabbed Li Kejun. Liu Gui, who was beside him, directly took out a blunderbuss and pointed it at Li Kejun. The North Korean soldier quickly went to draw his knife, but it was too late.
Li Kejun was "kidnapped" alive by Liu Gui.
"If you don't abide by the Ming Emperor's decree, it's disobedience! If you don't dare to attack even an empty city now, then you are helping the evil tyrants, and the leader must be killed!"
Tang Yin was very rude.
Xu Jing was so frightened that he hid behind Tang Yin. He was very puzzled.
Tang Yin, who has always been a bit like an eggplant beaten by frost, when did he become so "brave and mighty"?
How dare you openly kidnap the North Korean coach?
"Don't act rashly." Pu Yuanzong, the North Korean deputy commander, came out and said, "We must abide by the Ming Emperor's will. We must lead the troops to Duobi City."
Li Keyun shouted and asked: "Pu, are you going to rebel?"
Pu Yuanzong said: "I am saving you."
"You don't have to be kind." Li Kejun was hit on the head with a fire gun, but he still seemed to be stronger.
Park Yuanzong ignored Li Kejun's protest at this time. He said: "Now that the coach has been detained by the superiors, I will take over the position of coach temporarily. The problem of food and grass can definitely be solved in Duobi City, because the Huifa Ministry has looted a large amount of food... …Now that you have returned to Changcheng, will you have food to eat?”
The soldiers looked at each other in shock.
The drought in North Korea is severe.
It does not mean that they will be able to earn a living when they return to Changcheng. If North Korea had enough food and grass to provide them, it would have been provided long ago.
"We are starving to death wherever we go, so why take the risk of offending the Ming Dynasty? Now we are cooperating with the Ming Dynasty to send troops to build state guards. If we win, we can have good food and clothing. The Duobi City is less than a hundred miles away from here, so you are willing to Are you giving up so much?"
"I don't want to!"
As the governor of Ping An Dao, Pu Yuanzong still had military power in his hands, and his appeal was also very strong.
After his mobilization.
Most of the Korean soldiers were willing to follow him to the Dobi Castle.
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After the army won the battle, they staged a small mutiny before they could continue their march.
"Bohu, you were too adventurous before!"
Afterwards, Xu Jing went to blame Tang Yin, and even blamed Tang Yin for not consulting him beforehand.
Tang Yin said: "This is necessary. I don't care about the life or death of the five thousand people in North Korea. I must fulfill your majesty's will. Only when we reach Duobi City can we complete the mission. As for whether there will be food to sustain us in the future, it is not up to me." Within the scope of thinking.”
"you……"
Only then did Xu Jing know.
In fact, Tang Yin deliberately drove North Korean soldiers to death.
Fortunately, the Ming army used artillery to prove its strength, so that the Korean soldiers felt as if they had gained life.
The soldiers and horses walked north for more than a day, almost on a starry night. Finally, on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the army arrived at the Duobi City they had longed for.
And even if a soldier only eats one meal a day, his rations will only last for less than three days.
"It seems... there are quite a few people stationed there."
The North Korean soldiers were dumbfounded when they arrived at Dobi Castle.
Is this an empty city?
What's going on with the soldiers lined up neatly on the city wall? What happened to their crossbows?
Fortunately, the people from the Huifa tribe did not fight out, and they did not encounter soldiers from other tribes along the way. The allied forces of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea just garrisoned at the gate of Duobi City.
That afternoon.
A meeting to fight or retreat was held.
"Envoy Tang, even if you are an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, you have no power to decide the life or death of us Koreans. There are at least a thousand bandits stationed in such a strong city. It will cost a lot to defeat it, and they can still take advantage of it. Come and set fire to us at night, we will have no choice but to withdraw our troops!"
At the meeting, Li Kejun still used his status as the coach to show off his power.
Tang Yin said: "You want to go back, right? If I don't give you food, you can go wherever you want. Whoever wants to go with him, please do so!"
"you……"
Li Keyun discovered that due to Park Yuanzong's "treachery", his army now actually did not have enough rations to allow them to return to North Korea smoothly.
Pu Yuanzong said: "Let's not talk about whether there will be food when we go back. Even if we can go back, do you want to go hungry? Why can't you prove yourself?"
Li Kejun scolded: "You are the only one who has the guts? We can't besiege such a city from all sides, and we can even only station on the south side of the city. Even if we can't capture the city like this, what proof can we use to prove it?"
Tang Yin said: "Tonight, send some people to the top of the city overnight. I will have a way to attack the city."
"Envoy Tang, are you hysterical?" Li Kejun was very angry.
This made the person responsible for translating the conversation very busy.
Most of the people at the scene were middle- and lower-level North Korean officials. They couldn't understand what Tang Yin, Li Kejun and others were saying in Chinese. They only knew that the two sides seemed to be arguing fiercely.
Tang Yin said coldly: "If it doesn't work, then I will kill you to sacrifice the flag!"
"you……"
This time, it was finally no longer Tang Yin and Xu Jing who felt that the scholar was in trouble, but Li Kejun and his cronies.
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The military meeting ended.
Pu Yuanzong found Tang Yin and expressed his embarrassment: "Shangchun Tang, I don't know where you heard my name, and I don't know why the Duke of Lai said that I can help you achieve great things. But if there is no result in this battle, I will not be able to return to North Korea."
Tang Yin said: "Are you afraid?"
Pu Yuanzong swallowed his saliva and said: "Shuai Li is a close confidant of our monarch. The purpose of sending him to lead the troops this time is to check and balance the power of the army. Even if I am the military governor of Ping'an Road, my military power is very weak. If If you lose, can you let me go with you?"
"Haha." Xu Jing, who was listening on the side, smiled bitterly, "If we lose, we may lose our lives. Who are we going to follow?"
Pu Yuanzong raised his head and glanced at Tang Yin. He was obviously not willing to completely listen to Daming.
But now he is equivalent to being on a "thief ship".
Tang Yin patted Pu Yuanzong on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, if you win, you will be a hero of North Korea when you return to North Korea, and everyone will praise you as a hero."
"It's difficult." Pu Yuanzong said, "The monarch has always disliked me. This is why I was sent to another place this time. In North Korea, only those who are close to the monarch can be reused, and most of the court officials who were sent to Ping'an Road will be sent to another place after a few years. will be killed.”
Tang Yin was shocked.
He suddenly seemed to understand why Zhang Zhou mentioned Pu Yuanzong in the tips bag given to him, and also mentioned asking Pu Yuanzong to help him stabilize the overall situation.
Because this is really the best candidate for "chaotic rape".
It just so happened that he was assigned to Ping'an Road, it happened that Pu Yuanzong was a member of the army, and it happened that Pu Yuanzong wanted to help him. Is there anything more "coincidental" than this?
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That night.
It's quiet at night.
The Huifa troops stationed in the city, as well as the Ming and Korean coalition forces stationed outside the city, seemed to be doing nothing.
The coalition forces outside the city even started making fires and cooking early in the morning. Until midnight, the camp outside the city had quieted down, with only the people patrolling the camp still moving.
Different from the general siege battles on the border of the Ming Dynasty, this time the coalition forces were stationed less than two miles away. However, it was not easy for the cavalry in the city to rush over because their city gate was very narrow and only two could come out at a time. Cavalry, and the city is built on the mountainside, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the rugged roads are not convenient for cavalry to charge.
But if the coalition forces attack the city, let alone using bows and crossbows, even if they throw rocks and rolling logs down, the coalition forces will suffer heavy casualties.
Therefore, the army in the city had no intention of leaving the city rashly.
At midnight.
Li Kejun was called to Tang Yin's camp, and there was someone guarding him next to him.
Tang Yin, Xu Jing and Pu Yuanzong were all there.
Tang Yin also said: "According to the instructions of Duke Lai, Duobi City is the strongest fortress of the Huifa tribe and its second largest city. The trade of various tribes is usually carried out here. If we can capture Duobi City, Our food and grass problem will be solved."
Li Kejun asked: "Is it that easy?"
"Wait."
Tang Yin looked at the sky outside.
Xu Jingdao: "The rainy weather outside is the most suitable for an ambush."
Even Pu Yuanzong was confused and asked: "Who ambushed? Are you waiting for the people from the Huifa Department to come out and catch them by surprise?"
No one answered him, and no one gave any explanation to the North Koreans.
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"Boom!"
Just long after midnight, everyone in the camp was drowsy.
There was a loud bang, and the ground seemed to be shaking.
Just when Li Kejun and Pu Yuanzong were wondering what happened, Liu Gui came in from outside the camp and said happily: "Master Tang, a big hole has been blown out of the city wall!"
"What?"
This time not only Li Kejun was surprised, but even Park Yuanzong was in disbelief.
The Ming Dynasty had less than 200 men and horses, and they brought some artillery. Could it be that... the Ming Dynasty used artillery to blow a gap in the multi-walled city, which sounds like its name suggests that the walls are very thick?
Liu Guidao: "We can attack the city now!"
Tang Yinze seemed unhurried and said: "There's no rush."
Pu Yuanzong asked: "Did a gap appear in the city wall? Why don't we rush to attack the city? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Even Li Keyun looked at him with the same doubtful eyes.
Tang Yin said: "Have you forgotten our mission? We are going to capture the multi-walled city. Now that the city wall has been blown down, they won't be able to repair it for a while, and even if it is repaired... they think they can withstand it a few more times. ? After they get up at dawn, and all the soldiers in the city have fled, it will not be too late for us to attack the city again."
Pu Yuanzong widened his eyes and said: "Shangchun Tang, if we really wait until dawn, the people from the Huifa Department will take away a large amount of food and grass. We..."
Tang Yin asked sternly: "If you encountered this kind of siege, would you take away the food and property, or run for your life? It would be good if they could bring some personal belongings. Unless they think that the Ming Dynasty's army will not pursue! "
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The decision now rests with Tang Yin.
Li Kejun has no right to give orders, and although Park Yuanzong is the interim coach, he has to listen to Tang Yin.
So after waiting for more than an hour, the sky was still a little short of dawn. He couldn't help but urge: "It's almost time to go up!"
Tang Yin has been waiting for Liu Gui's information.
Until Liu Gui came in and reported: "There are no less than a thousand bandits in the city who have escaped from the north of the city!"
Tang Yin said: "Their people are dispersed, so we can attack the city! Give the order to attack the city! The cavalry is in front! Prevent an ambush!"
"Yes, yes." Pu Yuanzong hurriedly went out to give the order.
After Li Kejun was also escorted out, Xu Jingcai exclaimed: "Bohu, you can do it. Why do you suddenly become so courageous now? It seems that you can also get a new uncle."
Tang Yin said angrily: "Uncle Xinxin, it would be great if I could survive! Do you think I don't want to fight them desperately? Only by reducing casualties as much as possible can we delay the war as much as possible and wait for our reinforcements!"
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Tang Yin seemed to have had a premonition that the Western Route Army sent by the Ming Dynasty from Liaodong would not be able to come for a while.
Therefore, his military strategies were completely different from Wang Shouren's.
Wang Shouren is the kind of fearless person who rushes forward and fights to the death, while Tang Yin's strategy can be summed up in two words... stay stubborn.
Even when charging into battle, Tang Yin could implement these two words vividly.
Even though he had trampled the opponent's city wall, he still remained calm and waited until most of the defenders in the city had fled in fear before ordering the attack.
To put it nicely, this was to obtain the maximum benefit from the war situation... but in fact, it was because Tang Yin was afraid of death and was afraid of being lost in the ice and snow.
But there is also a little benefit... This fully proves that Zhang Zhou's understanding of him is "correct".
Zhang Zhou was willing to let Tang Yin come to North Korea to lobby for troops, and let Tang Yin personally accompany the army into the territory of Jianzhou Guard because he took a fancy to his "precious quality". It was also because Tang Yin liked to shrink, Zhang Zhou also wanted to try Tang Yin What are the limits on defense.
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The soldiers successfully entered the city.
To the delight of the North Korean army, there was indeed a large amount of food and property that had not been moved away. As a solid fortress, the multi-walled city became a warehouse that could not be evacuated when the enemy fled.
After the soldiers entered the city, they not only arrested some old, weak, sick and disabled people, but also looted property. It seemed that whoever got it would get it.
On the contrary, the Ming soldiers seemed very calm.
Pu Yuanzong admired Tang Yin so much that he went to see Tang Yin and went to the city with Tang Yin.
"It is said that there were nearly 2,000 defenders in the city, all of whom were elite members of the Huifa tribe. But after the city wall suddenly collapsed last night, they also knew that there were Ming soldiers among the attacking army. They were not interested in fighting and fled in a hurry! "
Park Yuanzong looked very excited, "The food is enough for us to eat for many days. Should we quickly transport all this back to North Korea?"
Tang Yin asked back: "Did you get the results you wanted?"
"this……"
Park Yuanzong had already entered the city to enjoy the glory of being the winner, but at this time he was speechless when asked.
Just laying down a nearly empty multi-walled city, even if some food and goods were transported back, would not be able to make up for his crime of "mutiny". If Li wanted to kill him, it would be like killing him for fun, and he would also be regarded as a North Korea's traitor, no one will help him.
Tang Yin continued: "Now we have to station here, repel the invading enemies, and use this as a foundation to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty."
"ah?"
Pu Yuanzong originally thought that he had made a meritorious service, but now he found that he seemed to have committed a crime.
It was completely used by Tang Yin.
Stationed in a multi-walled city...doesn't this mean it's an empty city? Not to mention Huifa! Even other tribes may not give up... After all, there are gaps in the walls of the multi-walled city, and it is not so easy to garrison. Who doesn't miss the strong fortress built by the Huifa tribe on the mountainside?
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After the soldiers entered the city, they immediately strengthened the defenses in the places where they could garrison.
Pu Yuanzong followed Tang Yin's instructions and went to pour chicken soup for the souls of the Korean soldiers: "Fellow comrades, the Ming army will soon arrive at Duobi City and send us countless grains and supplies to help us occupy the Jiannu territory. Territory, plunder all their populations back to North Korea, and you can also be granted the title of marquis and general, and you will no longer be ordinary soldiers! Not only will you not have to starve to death, but your family will have enough to eat in the future!"
What I said before is of little use.
This last sentence is more useful.
For North Korean soldiers on an expedition, having enough to eat is more important than anything else.
Then……
The city huddled together and built a defense line with 5,000 people, waiting for the Jurchen tribe around Jianzhou Guard to attack.
As a result, there was no movement for three days.
Even Xu Jing went to Tang Yin to complain: "Didn't we agree that we would occupy Duobi City and the Tatars would come? Why haven't we seen them yet?"
Tang Yin said: "Wait a little longer."
Xu Jingdao: "Do you have anything else?"
Tang Yin asked: "Then do you want the Tatars or the Ming army to come?"
Xu Jingdao: "Where is the army of Ming Dynasty?"
Tang Yin said helplessly: "We sent several sentinels before, but they were beaten back halfway. Some were ambushed and strangled without any news... It seems... the Tatars are going to launch a fierce attack on us."
(End of chapter)
