Although Li Hongwei died, the world will not calm down because of the death of one person.
On the second day after Li Hongwei's death, Li Zhang proclaimed himself king in Seoul, and then issued a royal order to impose martial law in Seoul, asking the southern states to send officials to Beijing to pay homage to the new king of Korea. The soldiers and horses across the country were not allowed to act rashly, and the former rebel Zheng Zong was killed. Cheng Sanwen and others can get ten thousand gold.
Although Zheng Cong was defeated, he still had 30,000 troops and was still capable of fighting. However, although Zheng Cong was the uncle of the king, at the critical moment of life and death, he was still thinking about his own life and death and was not in a hurry to do anything. What reaction did Cheng Sanwen have? Cheng Sanwen has been in Nanyuan Mansion all the time. He was supposed to go first for the king and prepare the ground, but who knew that Seoul would be captured just after he arrived at Nanyuan Mansion. After learning the news, Cheng Sanwen headed north for a long time. Unable to kneel down, he immediately led the five thousand soldiers and horses that Nanyuan Mansion had just formed to go north.
Shi Biao was not idle either.
When the Battle of Jiaohe ended, Shi Biao felt that Seoul had an unsafe momentum.
It only took two days to lead the main force of the Ming army across the Jiaohe River, recruiting tens of thousands of Seoul defenders along the way, and marching towards Seoul in a mighty manner.
When Shi Biao took over Jianzhou, the gateway to Seoul, he received the royal order from Li Zhang in Seoul. Then Shi Biao also sent messengers with a message to punish thieves and reached the hands of Zheng Cong, Cheng Sanwen and other powerful figures in the south.
In the proclamation against traitors, the Ming army was described as a righteous army that countered the rebellion of North Korea. The siege of Seoul was to avenge the king of the country who was ennobled by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You should lead the army to support and join the Ming army to defend the Ming Dynasty. Counterinsurgency, counterinsurgency for North Korea.
This is equivalent to giving those powerful people two choices, choose one team.
For Zheng Zong, Cheng Sanwen and others, Seoul was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and they still had a chance to recover. However, if Li Zhang, Zheng Zhong and others were allowed to take over, they would undoubtedly die. When Zheng Zong received the petition against the thieves, He asked his brother-in-law to lead the main force to defend the territory, while he led 10,000 horses northward.
Zheng Cong led Li Zhang into Seoul. To a certain extent, it was a victory, but in a certain respect, they reached a dead end.
Korea is very mountainous, and the Ming army has always been unable to deal with their main force. This is also the reason why Shi Biao and his army have never won a decisive victory in the great battle in central Korea.
But when they got into Seoul, it was equivalent to entering a dead end.
Shi Biao knew in his heart that driving the dogs into the back alleys would lead to backlash. If the Ming army attacked the city in a large scale at this time, the losses would be huge, but he could not give Zheng Zhong and others time, otherwise Li Zhang would be able to secure Seoul. After the integration of forces south of Seoul is completed, the Ming army will have to pay a greater price if it wants to occupy the entire territory of North Korea.
Therefore, Shi Biao took the main force and siege equipment, and fought all the way to Seoul four days after Li Zhang took control of Seoul.
Zheng Zhong's entire army consisted of fifty thousand soldiers.
The Ming army numbered 40,000. Seoul was defeated and took in the king's army of 15,000. Soon Cheng Sanwen arrived with another 5,000 people, and Zheng Cong arrived with 10,000 soldiers to join the Ming army.
However, Shi Biao set up camp outside the city and was not in a hurry to attack the city. He wanted to resolve the main internal contradictions first.
In the main camp outside the city.
Shi Biao sat in the main seat, listening to Cheng Sanwen and Zheng Zong arguing in Korean language. The two soldiers beside him were always translating next to him.
When Cheng Sanwen saw Zheng Zong, he started to slander him. In his words, he said that Zheng Zong was a minister who had harmed the country. In order to save his own life, he abandoned the city and went south, causing the capital to fall and the king to be killed. Zheng Zong was the chief culprit of the country's downfall.
Zheng Zong ignored Cheng Sanwen's insults and instead criticized him. In his eyes, Cheng Sanwen was just that kind of nerd. He didn't even know how hard it was for him to lead his troops to fight against the rebels on the front line, and the king was handed over to him. Cheng Sanwen moved the capital to Nanyuan. This was a strategy that was decided upon when the war started. When he made a strategic retreat, he thought that the king had already arrived at Nanyuan Mansion.
The quarrel between the two became more and more intense, and Shi Biao was also upset.
At this time, your boss has been chopped off, and you are still arguing endlessly about who is right and who is wrong. No wonder you lose so easily.
"Now that the king of the country has been killed, who will be the king of Korea after we finish countering the rebellion?" Shi Biao said softly.
This question is the most embarrassing question Zheng Zong and Cheng Sanwen face.
"Princes, generals and ministers would rather have the guts. General Zheng, why don't I protect you as the king of Korea?"
When this sentence was translated, Zheng Cong was shocked. Cheng Sanwen, who was on the side, looked at Shi Biao and then at Zheng Cong: "Huh, different ways do not lead to the same conspiracy." After saying that, he walked out of the camp. Go.
As soon as he reached the door, he was blocked by several soldiers of Shi Biao.
Cheng San asked and seemed to understand something.
He turned his head to look at Shi Biao and shouted: "What do you want to do?"
Shi Biao smiled coldly and looked at Zheng Zong, who was still stunned.
"General Zheng, what, don't you want to be the king?"
"I think... but will His Majesty the Emperor allow me to be the king?"
"As long as you agree, our Ming army will occupy the land formerly controlled by the Pyongyang rebels and hand it over to our Ming Dynasty, and you will be the king of Korea in the future." Shi Biao smiled faintly. Although he was brave, he was also a man who used his brains in battle. Zheng Zong arranged for our army to attack the city first and consume it.
"If you agree, send this loyal minister to see your king."
After Zheng Zong heard this, he turned his head and looked at Cheng Sanwen, then pulled out the knife from his waist and walked towards Cheng Sanwen step by step.
Cheng Sanwen saw Zheng Zong walking towards him, and he was not too frightened. Instead, he laughed coldly: "I die today as a loyal minister, and tomorrow you die as a traitor."
But at this time, Zheng Zongke couldn't listen to a word, so he swung his knife and struck Cheng Sanwen on the body.
Cheng Sanwen received the knife and sat down tremblingly. He didn't shout loudly, but just gritted his teeth and looked at Zheng Zong coldly.
And the way he looked at Zheng Brown was as if he was looking at a dead person.
Zheng Zong was so frightened by what he saw that he slashed him with the knife again...
After several chops, Cheng Sanwen was completely sent away. At this time, Shi Biao stood up from his chair.
"Okay, General Zheng, this North Korea is yours. Since it is your North Korea, we can't hide it. In ten days, we will launch a large-scale attack on the city. You will have the opportunity to bring back the main force entrenched in Anshan."
"Don't worry, General Shi. I will send someone to mobilize the troops immediately."
Hearing Zheng Cong's self-promotion, Shi Biao burst into laughter. This guy really climbed along the pole.
In the palace of Seoul, Li Zhang was sitting on the throne, and Zheng Zhong and a group of generals were reporting the situation.
The Ming army came so quickly, which was beyond Zheng Zhong's expectation. Now that the army was besieging the city, Zheng Zhong did not panic too much.
Because there are several years of food for hundreds of thousands of troops in Seoul, there are enough stones and kerosene to defend the city, and there are more than 200,000 Seoul people who can be used. These were originally prepared by Seoul to deal with them. , but now it became the confidence in their hearts.
In Zheng Zhong's view, it is impossible for the Ming army to completely occupy North Korea, and as long as he relies on the strength of Seoul, he can bring the Ming Dynasty back to the negotiating table, while other troops in Seoul, North Korea, in the south, From Zheng Zhong's point of view, they are all just local chickens and wattle dogs. They can't get into the elegant halls and they won't pose a threat to them.
"Your Majesty, as long as Seoul can hold out for two months, the Ming army will definitely retreat. As long as the Ming army retreats, all the capitals in the south will flee, and we will be ready to unify the country." Zheng Zhong said loudly.
At this time, Li Zhang was in high spirits, and his trust in Zheng Zhong was at its highest...
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