After Zheng Zong got Shi Biao's promise that whoever enters Seoul first would be king, he mobilized all his soldiers, and then used his prestige to contact the generals in the southern states. Within half a month, his troops had already When it reached 60,000 people, it was already more than the regular defenders in Seoul in terms of numbers.
Outside the city, the Ming army and Zheng Zong's troops had exceeded hundreds of thousands of people.
But Zheng Zhong in the city was not panicked by the situation he faced.
In his opinion, it is impossible for the Ming army to directly intervene in the current situation. No matter what they want, they will retain their strength as soon as possible.
As for the fighting power of the soldiers led by Zheng Zong, Zheng Zhong knew clearly that relying on this ragtag group of people to attack the city would never pose any threat to Seoul.
But Zheng Zhong was wrong.
Zheng Zong transformed from a migrant worker into a future boss.
Very energetic.
On the first day of the siege, the Ming army did not intervene, but Zheng Zong rode a horse to the front line of the siege, and then tens of thousands of soldiers carried ladders and launched the first attack on Seoul.
Then, under the guidance of Shi Biao, Zheng Zong arranged all his cavalry in the rear to press the formation. Once the horn sounded, no one could take a step back.
The North Korean soldiers, who had no way out, put a lot of pressure on the defenders upon contact.
And the Ming army did not stand idly by as Zheng Zhong expected.
They pushed hundreds of their own artillery pieces to the front line and fired a salvo when the North Korean soldiers attacked the city.
Fortunately, after hundreds of years of repairs, Seoul is the strongest giant city in North Korea. Even under the bombardment of artillery fire, it still stood tall. The suppression of the artillery shells prevented the soldiers on the city wall from counterattacking for a short time, which was regarded as giving the North Korean siege soldiers a chance. of a support.
However, the combat experience of the defensive soldiers in Seoul, including combat experience, is indeed not what the soldiers led by Zheng Zong have.
Many of them climbed up the city wall, but most of them were picked down by the defending soldiers with spears before they could attack with their swords. Even if some soldiers gained a firm foothold on the city wall, they were in the embarrassment of having no successors. Let them die on the city wall.
An hour later, thousands of Zheng Zong's soldiers died, but they still could not gain a foothold on the city.
When Zheng Zong saw this, he felt very distressed. He thought about feigning an attack today and fighting tomorrow, so he could withdraw. However, he also thought of what Shi Biao said to him when he was attacking the city, so he did not dare to order a retreat lightly.
Shi Biao was riding a horse in the central camp of the Ming army and watched this scene with no expression on his face. After a moment of pause, a cavalryman crossed over from the left to Shi Biao and said: "General, Mr. Wang's handwriting .”
Shi Biao took the handwritten letter, read it twice, and then said to the cavalryman: "Tell Mr. Wang that there is no need to go south, just keep an eye on the north."
"Yes, General." After the cavalryman finished speaking, he rode towards the rear team on his horse.
Zhu Yong, who had been beside him, chuckled and said, "Master Wang, what did you say?"
"This scholar doesn't know anything about An Sheng. He said that since Seoul is besieged, he wants to take the Koreans in his hands south to support us." Shi Biao said softly.
Zhu Yong whispered: "General Shi, Mr. Wang Yue was personally appointed by His Majesty. If you refuse like this, aren't you afraid that he will say bad things about you in front of His Majesty?"
After hearing this, Shi Biao smiled coldly: "Taking Seoul is the time for him to take action. Do you really want a civilian official to ride on the necks of us and other generals who lead the army?"
After Zhu Yong heard this, his face darkened slightly, he just shook his head and did not say anything else.
Wang Yue's governance in the North made Shi Biao feel a sense of crisis, and Zhu Yong also felt this sense of crisis.
The Korean pickets he had raised in the North had regained the power to appoint Korean officials. Under the governance of many new ideas of this young man, the order of the cities and villages occupied by the Ming army was quickly established. When they got up, the people returned home very quickly.
In Shi Biao's view, this is something that is difficult to imagine, because in his view, if you want to expand your territory and occupy other lands, you must first shed the blood of the local people, but now Wang Yue is doing Although this trick involved bloodshed, it allowed the pickets to kill people instead of letting the Ming army take direct action.
And the most important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor and Wang Yue are communicating more and more.
His Majesty the Emperor seemed to like Wang Yue more and more.
In this way, Wang Yue's future ideas for governing North Korea are very likely to defeat his own military control strategy.
In Shi Biao's view, after occupying North Korea, the first thing to do is to deploy a larger army than during the war to maintain stability, and not to set up any government offices in a short period of time, so that they will be in the same position as the more than 200,000 Jurchens in Liaoping Prefecture. under military control.
For this reason, Shi Biao once had a conflict with Wang Yue, but Wang Yue's explanation was that there were only 200,000 Jurchens, but there were 3 million Koreans. He bluntly stated Shi Biao's method to completely control Korea. The price paid by the Ming Dynasty was too great. Just like Annan, only by giving part of the power to the Korean scholars and allowing the officials of the Ming Dynasty to coexist with the officials of the Korean ethnic group can long-term peace and stability be achieved. Twenty years later, when the second generation of North Korea After the people of the new Ming Dynasty grow up, North Korea will officially become a part of the Ming Dynasty.
The difference in philosophy made Shi Biao and Wang Yue very different. What made Shi Biao completely feel threatened was that Wang Yue could also read maps and had experience in leading troops in the fields he was good at. This good guy, you are good at governing, and you are also good at fighting. How can I, the commander-in-chief, mess around?
While the two were meditating, Zheng Zong came from behind the governor on horseback with a few followers. After seeing Shi Biao, he loudly said: "……………………"
The soldiers around him translated: "General, we can't attack for a long time now and the soldiers are weak. Can you retreat and fight again tomorrow?"
Shi Biao glanced at Zhu Yong and then nodded.
Seeing Shi Biao nodding, Zheng Zong was extremely excited, and then ordered to retreat.
In the eyes of Shi Biao and Zhu Yong, Zheng Cong leading troops to fight is just a joke, like a child's play. No wonder he keeps losing. However, it doesn't matter how Zheng Cong fights. In the eyes of Shi Biao and Zhu Yong, they think, This is cannon fodder.
Seoul still has to be captured by Ming’s men...
The one who enters Seoul first will be king, this is no joke.
Wang Yue, who was outside Guzhou City, was waiting outside the city with the Guzhou Order he appointed and a group of officials. On both sides were hundreds of Ming army soldiers. On the outermost edge were the Korean people who were called over. Then behind the people, They are the pickets wearing a black outfit with the word "picket" embroidered on their chests.
They were waiting for the honor guard of Prince Xiang.
This time King Xiang took his three sons to Anping County in Liaoping Prefecture early. Accompanied by the Liaoping Prefecture, they had a good look at the customs and customs of the Jurchens. The scenery of Changbai Mountain also made King Xiang feel happy. excellent.
King Xiang's three sons also had this idea.
After staying in Xiangyang for a long time, it is good to change places. First of all, for his three sons, having five hundred guards in the palace is a new beginning, and there are not many restrictions on them, the sons of princes, so they can go out hunting. , being able to travel around the mountains and rivers, being able to meet Korean singers, without the supervision of the imperial censor, the supervision of the Jinyiwei, and the supervision of the Dongchang, isn't this a life like heaven.
This allowed King Xiang's three sons to find a new way of life, so after arriving at Liaoping Mansion, they kept urging their father to write a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, asking them to go to Guzhou City as soon as possible.
Of course, when the honor guard stopped in Pyongyang later, King Xiang's three sons saw the figures of the Jin Yiwei in the welcoming team...
After Zhu Jianshen received the memorial from King Xiang, he could only ask Wang Yue whether Shibiao Valley Prefecture City was safe and whether there were conditions for King Xiang to visit Fangu Prefecture City.
Shi Biao and Wang Yue wrote letters respectively, absolutely safe.
Then Zhu Jianshen allowed King Xiang to go south and handed over the task of taking over the vassal to Wang Yue.
After Wang Yue received the order, he began to make preparations. There was a large courtyard in Guzhou City where Li Zhang lived. Now it has a plaque of Prince Xiang's Palace.
Wang Yue stayed in North Korea for more than half a year, and his skin color changed slightly. The order of Guzhou who had been standing beside him was named Pu Renyi. He was one of the people Wang Yue released from prison. He was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and yearned for the Ming Dynasty. At the age of thirty-five, the aspiring young man was awarded a new set of official uniforms and official seals with Ming characteristics by Wang Yue in front of the people in the city, and became the first batch of Ming officials in North Korea.
Of course, Zhu Jianshen knew about this current official, and Wang Yue knew about it, but it had not been approved by the Ming court, which meant that there was a risk of being laid off at any time.
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