"Everyone, please take a look at this urgent document sent from North Korea by Jin Yiwei!"
Yuan Keli and others who hurried over saluted and took the documents handed over by the emperor. They gathered together and scanned them, and their expressions suddenly changed.
The document reads: On the sixth day of May in the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu crossed the Yalu River and occupied Yiju City in Korea at noon that day. The signature was signed on May 18th of the second year of Chongzhen.
"How is this possible?"
"What are Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan doing? Why didn't they come to report?"
"How could it be so fast? No matter how bad the defenders of Yizhou were, they wouldn't have fallen in one morning!"
Han Huang and others exclaimed, while Yuan Keli looked at Li Ruolian: "Commander Li, have you passed on the news about the possible invasion of Jiannu to the North Korean royal family?"
"Mr. Yuan Ge, the news has arrived, and our people also saw North Korean troops south of Pyongyang heading towards Yiju."
"So what's going on now?"
Listening to Li Ruolian's response, Yuan Keli muttered to himself and frowned.
It's so outrageous.
"Could it be said that Yizhou City has a built-in slave agent?"
"It's unlikely. The looks of Jiannu and Koreans are very different. Since the Korean royal family has received our notice, they must have ordered the guards of Yiju to strengthen their defenses."
"It's been at least half a month since we've been here. North Korea is such a big place. Even the troops from Seoul have already arrived at Uiju. Even if Jiannu went to Uiju with two or three banners, they couldn't have conquered it so quickly. !”
"Mr. Yuan Ge, could it be that the defender of Yizhou has rebelled and collaborated with the enemy?"
"This is very possible. Another possibility is that the North Korean royal family did not take our warning seriously and became careless?"
"If this is the case, then the North Korean Kingdom is to blame itself! It's a pity that it disrupted our plan!"
Listening to the discussion between the four Yuan Keli, Chongzhen frowned. He was not afraid of opponents who were like gods, but teammates who were like pigs.
The people at the forefront of the city are not the absolute confidants of the royal family. They are simply hopelessly stupid.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the top priority now is to find out what happened in North Korea. Only by knowing the specific situation can we respond.
Secondly, Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan were ordered to contain the slave slaves in Guangning City and Phoenix Fort at all costs.
Depending on the situation, after capturing Phoenix City, Dandong, and Huanggu Island Fort, and connecting them with Jinzhou and Fushun, you can capture the Liaodong Peninsula in the future.
Third, Zhao Lijiao and He Kegang were ordered to attack the Mongolian tribes from Chifeng to Tongliao. If they had the opportunity to directly enter the territory of Jiannu, they did not want to capture the city, but they could burn and kill them to weaken their morale.
This group must be the most elite cavalry, coming and going without a trace.
In short, there is only one purpose, and we must not allow the Jiannu to successfully capture North Korea, otherwise it will be more difficult for us to destroy the Jinnu. "
"According to what Yuan Aiqing said, you command the six departments of the cabinet, coordinate military supplies, and replenish them immediately!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Li Ruolian: "Li Aiqing, arrange it immediately..."
"Your Majesty, there is another six-hundred-mile journey to Pi Dao!"
Before he finished speaking, the voice of the Qianqing Palace guard commanding Fang Jun rang outside Dongnuan Pavilion. Li Ruolian immediately stepped forward to take the lacquer box, inspected it, and then took out the document and presented it to Chongzhen.
In just a few breaths, a look of helplessness flashed across Chongzhen's face and he handed the document to Yuan Keli.
"My dear friends, we are plotting against Huang Taiji, but judging from the information sent back by Mao Wenlong, we are plotted against by Huang Taiji!"
"Being plotted by Huang Taiji?"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they came together to look at the document in Yuan Keli's hand. For just a moment, everyone was speechless.
Mao Wenlong's intelligence stated that the slave-building forces from Phoenix Fort to Dandong did not attack Yizhou, but the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty led by Tong Yangxing attacked Yizhou.
It is suspected that they crossed the Yalu River from Bitong, which is more than 200 miles upstream of Yiju, and then went south along the Yalu River.
Hundreds of Han Eight Banners sergeants who were lurking in Yizhou City after Ding Mao withdrew his troops indiscriminately two years ago infiltrated into the army, and then carried out beheading operations on Yizhou generals.
Taking the token, he forged a military order saying that he would let the North Korean sergeants who came to support enter the city. Unprepared, Yiju quickly fell.
"It's a good idea to build the plank road openly and build the Chencang secretly. The red flag in Phoenix Fort is meant to confuse us and make us focus on the line from Dandong to Phoenix Fort!"
"Huang Taiji is really a good tactic. He actually laid the back-up plan two years ago. He was just waiting for this moment!"
"Downstream from the upper reaches of the river is the hinterland of the slaves. It's no wonder that Jin Yiwei and Mao Wenlong did not discover the movements of the slaves. Even if they did, they would have passed it to Mao Wenlong one-way and it would have been too late."
"You're careless, Huang Taiji is really a talent!"
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After listening to the sighs of several people, Chongzhen was convinced. It's no wonder that Huang Taiji was able to single-handedly bring up Jian Nu. According to Yuan Keli, Huang Taiji was also a handsome man.
After thinking about it, Chongzhen looked at Li Ruolian: "There is no need to investigate the matter in Yizhou. Arrange for someone to find out what happened to the Joseon royal family and why the reinforcements did not arrive.
In addition, I sent an order to Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong, granting them the right to make decisions on the spur of the moment. The front line was decided by them. The only purpose was to slow down the Jiannu attack on North Korea. "
"I obey the decree!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are two ways to deliver news from North Korea. One is from Pidao to Denglai via waterway, and then walk 600 miles from Denglai to rush back to Beijing.
The second is to deliver the message from Pidao to Shuangdao by waterway to Shuangdao, then from Shuangdao to Tianjin via waterway, and then from Shuangdao to Tianjin via land route for 600 miles. No matter which route is used, warships are needed.
The situation on the sea is changeable. In order to prevent emergencies such as ship capsizing, I would like to send the message in double copies, three hours apart.
I sincerely request Your Majesty to order the warships of the Denglai Navy to form a relay station on the sea for relay transmission.
Chen estimates that if everything goes well, it will take at least...eight to ten days to pass from Yiju to Beijing, and at least half a month from Seoul to Beijing.
This matter is of great importance, and I am considering going to Phi Island in person. "
"No, the vassal prince is in Beijing. You still have a lot of things to do. Let Wang Guoxing go there!"
"Yuan Aiqing, the cabinet has drafted an order to Denglai Commander-in-Chief Yang Zhaoji to fully cooperate with the Jin Yiwei's intelligence transmission!"
Several members of the cabinet bowed to Li Ruolian and quickly exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
The affairs of North Korea are related to whether the Ming Dynasty can completely eliminate the slaves and cannot tolerate their ink.
Chongzhen stared at the map. He really couldn't figure out what was going on in North Korea. In the end, he could only shake his head and sigh.
It took at least half a month to deliver the news from Beijing to Pi Island and back from Pi Island.
The battlefield changes rapidly, let alone half a month.
