Although these words were meant to be scolded, they sounded very pleasant to the ears of these North Korean soldiers.
Many Korean soldiers immediately nodded and bowed to Li Laiheng, hating that they did not know Ming Dynasty Mandarin, otherwise they would have to respond loudly. They kind of remembered the name Li Laiheng.
In North Korea, the upper class not only know Ming Dynasty Mandarin, but also can read and write Chinese characters. It can be said that this is one of the symbols of status.
For ordinary Koreans, if they often interact with Ming people, they can also speak, but rarely write. And those who don't often interact with Ming people can only listen to the Ming Dynasty's official dialect.
In this era, around the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty Mandarin can be said to be the common language. Even if you can't speak it, you can still listen to it.
It's a bit strange to say that in this matter just now, Li Laiheng could be said to be very arrogant, unreasonable, and very rough. Logically speaking, this kind of affirmation is unpopular.
However, at this moment, the surrounding North Korean soldiers and the North Korean civilians in the queue looked at Li Laiheng with awe in their eyes. In other words, they were not only afraid, but also admired. This kind of situation never existed when they faced Jianlu, but they did exist against the Ming army and Li Laiheng.
Most of the people in Pyongyang City know the background of the fat North Korean man just now. However, in the eyes of the Ming army, it was not worth mentioning. The Ming army scolded them and even deprived them of their convoy, but this fat North Korean didn't even dare to fart. As soon as the Ming army said a word, the fat North Korean man obediently returned to the back of the line and queued up.
This made the Korean soldiers and the Korean people very envious of the Ming army. Many of them began to have thoughts, if they should not be the youngest Koreans, but become the people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. , then, will I still be bullied by these noble people?
It can be said that what happened outside the city was just an episode in Pyongyang's retreat. For Li Laiheng, it's the same. After doing it, I quickly forgot about it. However, for North Koreans, it has a great impact. Naturally, they would gossip about such a big matter in private, and the matter slowly spread from there.
On the Datong River, Ming navy ships continued to transport the population of Pyongyang. Naturally, it was impossible to hide such a big movement from Jianlu Tanma. Soon, the news was reported to Yue Tuo.
"What?" When Yue Tuo heard this, he immediately became anxious and asked quickly, "The Ming army ran away?"
He had just received an urgent order from Huang Taiji eight hundred miles away. If the Ming army ran away, his head would also fall off. Unexpectedly, just after receiving the order, Tan Ma sent such a message. It’s strange that he was not in a hurry!
"Master Beile, I look at the top of the city. The flag of the Ming Army Governor is still there. It seems that most of the people transported away by the navy are wounded soldiers and Koreans!" Tan Ma quickly reported further.
Yue Tuo didn't dare to be too confident about this. He did not dare to retain his strength anymore, so he immediately issued a military order and sent out all the cavalry troops to expel the Ming army without stopping at night, in order to regain the initiative in the field. Anyway, if you persist a little longer, the emperor's cavalry will arrive soon. And there is news about the troops sent to the south soon.
Not only that, Yue Tuo even personally led the cavalry to the bank of the Datong River to check on the situation of the Ming Navy.
Sure enough, as Tan Ma reported, Ming army ships were seen from time to time on the Datong River, flowing down the river. There were many heads on the deck of the ship. Looking from a distance, you can probably see that they are all Korean people, rich and poor.
"Master Beile, please take a look at the waterline of that ship..." Someone who knew a thing or two immediately reminded Yue Tuo, "I guess there are a lot of them in the cabin too!"
Yue Tuo nodded after hearing this, and then turned to look at the Pyongyang city in the distance. As expected, the "Lu" flag was still fluttering in the wind. There were a lot of people on the top of the city. Judging from their clothes, there were both Ming and Korean soldiers. Judging from these signs, Lu Xiangsheng should still be in Pyongyang, which made him feel a little relieved.
However, this move by the Ming army still made Yue Tuo frown. It is easy to come to the conclusion that the Ming army is going to abandon Pyongyang City!
As if to confirm what he said, as soon as he thought of this, a horse came galloping over, quickly rolled its saddle and fell off the horse, and knelt down to report to him: "Master Beile, it seems that the Ming army has no intention of fighting with our army again if it doesn't stop at night." We have completely shrunk from the scouting war and have retreated to the city."
Hearing this, Yue Tuo couldn't help but turn his head to look at Pyongyang City in the distance again, his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".
Then, he turned around and immediately ordered to approach Pyongyang at all costs to verify whether Ming Governor Lu Xiangsheng was still in Pyongyang.
So, following his order, Jianlu Tanma and the cavalry army all immediately approached Pyongyang City, and even ran towards Shuimen, trying to interfere with the transportation of Ming army ships.
On the top of the city, Lu Xiangsheng heard the report and immediately understood Yue Tuo's intention.
With such a small number of troops, they are all cavalry, not siege troops at all. The reason why he did such a useless thing regardless of the cavalry casualties must be to verify whether he was still there.
In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng did not disappoint Yue Tuo. He did not show up immediately on the top of the city. He even showed off his magic shooting again and pinned several Jianlu to the ground.
With his bright red robe, ability to fire a powerful bow, and accurate archery skills, these characteristics combined together make him definitely the governor of Baoding, Lu Xiangsheng, in the Ming Dynasty. No one else can impersonate him even if he wants to.
Yue Tuo saw it from a distance and finally felt relieved. It's good that Lu Xiangsheng didn't leave! He didn't leave, which meant that the Ming army definitely didn't leave. In this way, he didn't have to lose his head.
After turning his head to look at the Ming Dynasty ships flowing down the river, Yue Tuo suddenly laughed happily.
His personal guards were a little puzzled when they saw it. They were afraid that their master had lost the battle, and they were a little crazy. They quickly asked about the situation worriedly.
I saw Yue Tuo pointing at Pyongyang City with his hand and saying happily: "Ben Beile is laughing at Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the Ming Dynasty. He is a pedantic person. Lu Xiangsheng is indeed a capable man. I am afraid he also understands that Pyongyang City cannot be defended. He wanted to run away! However, instead of escaping immediately, he wanted to let the North Korean people go first. Only Han people like them could do such a pedantic thing! Now that Ben Beile knows, no matter how much he pays The price must be paid to prevent them from leaving!"
His bodyguards all burst out laughing when they heard this, and started mocking along with their master.
However, some of them have listened to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" a lot, and they are a little confused. When Uncle Liu withdrew his troops, he seemed to take the people with him. This should be considered a pedantic person, right? However, in the storytelling, he not only won the hearts of the people, but also established the Shu Kingdom in the end! This Lu Xiangsheng also did this, is he really pedantic?
Of course, he only dared to think about it in his heart and did not dare to say it out loud.
Naturally, Yue Tuo didn't know that there were people in his bodyguard who had different opinions from him. At this time, he immediately issued a military order and asked the cavalry to go down the river to find the narrow place of Datong River. No matter what method he used, he must stop Ming Ming. Chinese ships pass through.
Not to mention, the Datong River is indeed not always very wide, and there are also narrow places. However, Yue Tuo had a little less cavalry in his hands, so he shot arrows from the shore. Although he could hit the ship, the impact was limited. In the final analysis, their cavalry was still too small to pose a threat to the ships on the river.
But soon, good news came for Yue Tuo.
Duduo and Hauge's troops quickly returned from southern Korea, and their cavalry troops rushed back to Pyongyang first.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry troops sent by Huang Taiji's main force also arrived in Pyongyang.
Suddenly, outside the city of Pyongyang, Jianlu's cavalry was everywhere. Just by visual inspection, you could see that there were at least 20,000 cavalry. The number of Jianlu's troops immediately took an absolute advantage.
In addition to surrounding the city of Pyongyang, these cavalry troops also began to gather in the narrow areas of the Taedong River. They not only shot arrows, but even fired rockets. It was like a rain of arrows. It will not be so easy for Ming navy ships to pass through Jianlu's blockage. It may be possible to force one or two ships to attack, but if the scale is large, it will be difficult.
At the top of Pyongyang City, Lu Xiangsheng stood there looking at the enemy's situation, his expression became very serious. They did not expect that after the Jianlu troops from North Korea returned to Pyongyang, the Jianlu troops would actually send more reinforcements from Liaodong direction. There are so many cavalry troops who arrived first, and when the infantry troops arrive, I don’t know how many more will be left!
"I'm still a little contemptuous. I didn't expect Jianlu to pay so much attention to our Ming army!" Lu Xiangsheng looked outside the city and couldn't help but sigh.
Judging from the scale of this force, Jianlu is expected to evacuate most of the troops in Liaodong. In total, there should be at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and on his own side, there are not even 10,000. Even if the North Korean army is added, there will be no more troops. With less than 20,000 people, the situation of the goshawk fighting the rabbit is already very obvious.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but admire the slave chief Tai Chi. You know, in order to eliminate this part of the Ming army, it takes courage to use so many troops. After all, Jianlu was already poor in supplies, so using a large army would consume a lot of supplies. Moreover, as a slave chief, he also had to consider the situation in Liaodong, the Ning, Jin, and Ming armies, etc. The decision to attack with the main force of Jianlu was definitely not something that could be made casually.
"Sir, this means that we have beaten Jianlu to pain!" Li Dingguo, who was following him, responded with a serious face. Then the conversation changed and he quickly advised Lu Xiangsheng, "Sir, the situation is now clear, Jianlu The main force of the captives has been mobilized, and the city of Pyongyang is in danger. Please leave by boat at night."
There are not many naval ships left, and we need to wait until the navy returns. Most of the remaining soldiers in Pyongyang City are soldiers, but they cannot be evacuated, but it is still possible to evacuate Lu Xiangsheng and others.
However, Lu Xiangsheng refused. He shook his head and said, "As the commander-in-chief of the army, if I leave first, the morale of the army will be chaotic, and Pyongyang will fall soon. How can I do this?"
"But if you don't leave, sir, and our Ming army won't withdraw, once the main force of the rebels arrives, it will be difficult to leave!" After hearing this, Li Dingguo persuaded again, "If we are not careful, if the entire Dongjiang Army is in Pyongyang City, If we are destroyed, what will the emperor say?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng also had a serious face, but shook his head and said: "I really have to give an explanation to the emperor before I can withdraw first. If I lead the Dongjiang Army and leave first, North Korea will definitely feel cold. . As the sovereign state of North Korea, my Ming Dynasty must not abandon North Korea. Otherwise, I would not have to lead the army to reinforce Pyongyang. Could it be that before I reinforced Pyongyang, I would not have known the possibility of the current situation?"
Obviously, Lu Xiangsheng is a civil servant, and his perspective is different from that of Li Dingguo and others. In addition to fighting wars, he also had to take care of politics. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty rescued North Korea not just because North Korea was a vassal state. To eliminate the Jianlu, we must first weaken the Jianlu. North Korea is to the east of Liaodong. If it can stand firmly on the side of the Ming Dynasty, then the Dongjiang Army can better contain the Liaodong Jianlu by relying on North Korea. For example, this time, Jianlu used all his main force to invade North Korea. This was to contain Jianlu, so that Jianlu had no time and strength to detour through the Mongolian grassland to invade the pass.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Dingguo, and said in a gentler tone: "Actually, this battle is not that easy for Jianlu to fight. Pyongyang City was originally a fortified city in North Korea. But now, I have evacuated the injured. soldiers and evacuated most of the people, but they did not let them take away the food and supplies. These are very necessary to defend Pyongyang. If Jianlu wants to break through Pyongyang and eliminate our troops, I will definitely let Jianlu The captives will pay a heavy price!"
Having said this, he turned back, looked at Jianlu outside the city, and said with emotion: "You are a good thinker in the army, and I have always admired you. I can tell you more about the current situation. "
After hearing this, Li Dingguo knew that Lu Xiangsheng was like a mirror to the war in front of him. He had already anticipated the possibility of what would happen now, and there was no need for him to persuade him. Moreover, he now wanted to teach himself, so Li Dingguo immediately listened with all ears.
He heard Lu Xiangsheng tell him: "The best way to deal with the Liaodong Jianqiu is for the Dongjiang Army and Guan Ning Army to attack the Liaodong Jianqi from the east and west together. No matter which side the Liaodong Jianqiu wants to attack, the other side will send troops Support. In this way, the Liaodong Jianlu were in a dilemma and were suppressed by our Ming Dynasty. From a strategic point of view, they had an active advantage. Instead of Guan Ning's army just huddled in the fortified city, it was just the Dongjiang army that attacked!"
Hearing this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but said: "But sir, the Guan Ning Army has never taken the initiative to attack Liaodong. Even if they know about this action of our Dongjiang Army, they may not send troops to the hinterland of Liaodong to contain Jian. Are they going to be captives? Besides, when fighting against captives, the generals will still have rules, so they will definitely be on guard against Guan Ning’s army, right?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly, then turned to look in the direction of the Ming Dynasty capital.
