Great Ming National Teacher

Chapter 79 Kong Youde

The Ming and Qing fought in Seoul for more than two hours. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties and could only continue to retreat. Duoduo led the remnant troops to escape from the north gate of Seoul in embarrassment. There were less than 2000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners troops left with them.

The next morning, Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian entered Seoul. Zhou Yuji, the commander of the Marine Corps, led a division to continue chasing the remnants of the Qing army to the north. The second division returned to the ship and followed Yuan Chonghuan to the north along the coast until the Yalu River followed the first division. Converge, and then cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng to attack the first generation of Liao and Shen, and attack the Qing army on both sides, while the third division divides troops to recover the various provinces of Korea. Zhu Youjian's order is that if there is resistance, regardless of the Manchu, Han, and Mongolian dynasties, they will be killed!

As the capital of North Korea, Seoul has a long history, and the construction is very prosperous. However, during the street fighting last night, many buildings were destroyed by artillery fire. In order to prevent the Ming army from pursuing, Seoul ordered to set fire everywhere. Fortunately, the Ming army rescued them in time. Otherwise, at least half of the entire ancient city would be completely burned.

"At that time, King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed all the countries, and enfeoffed the descendants of King Zhou in North Korea. It was regarded as the generation in the north. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer North Korea, he set up four prefectures: Lelang, Xuantu, Zhenfan, and Lintun. Gongsun of Liaodong at the end of the Han Dynasty In the south of Kangtuntian, Daifang County was established." Speaking of the history of North Korea, Zhu Youjian is very familiar with it, "Later, Goguryeo rose up, captured North Korea, established its capital in Pyongyang, and called it Chang'an City... During the Hongwu Dynasty, Li Chenggui moved his capital here, It is said that the city was built in a grand manner to expand the city. It is said that it was completely modeled on the layout of the Central Plains. It is very beautiful. Unfortunately, during the Wanli period, the Japanese invaded. Before the evacuation, they burned all the palaces and land, ancient books and treasures that could not be taken away. Later, when the Japanese army was defeated by our Ming Dynasty and retreated, they burned and massacred in another way. Since then, Jiannu invaded twice and plundered Many people, livestock, and common people have experienced two catastrophes." Zhu Youjian said with emotion, thinking that if it hadn't been for the appearance of Li Yunya, he would have been like what he saw in his dream. In the Central Plains, the city of Beijing may be like Seoul.

Yuan Chonghuan left, and the two commanded the third division to capture Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-do in the south, Gangwon-do in the east, and Hwanghae-do and Hamgyong-do in the north after Dodo fled north.

Duoduo was bitten by the first division led by Zhou Yuji, unable to cross the river, so he could only continue to flee into the Changbai Mountains. Zhou Yuji led the crowd to chase after him. Duoduo became ruthless and returned to fight with the first division three times , the field artillery of the First Division cannot be pulled into the mountains, but muskets and mortars can still be used, including grenades and machine guns. At this time, the Manchu soldiers grew up between white mountains and black waters, and they were very wild. The Ming army was severely injured, but they didn't know that this marine corps had the foundation of the Seven Killing Guards, and its combat effectiveness in the mountains was still undiminished. Zhou Yuji was a famous general in history. He commanded and dispatched in an orderly manner. , Duoduo lost three battles and lost three times. In the end, only more than 700 people were trapped in a valley. Some chose to surrender.

Zhou Yuji tidied up the battlefield, and temporarily detained more than 6000 captives captured along the way in Pyongyang, and sent people to report to Zhu Youjian and Li Yunya whether to send the general of the Qing Dynasty to Seoul now, or to send them together in the future. Beijing.

Zhu Youjian discussed with Li Yunya and issued an instruction to be temporarily detained in Pyongyang, and sent the third division to take over the last Pingan Road. So far, the entire North Korea has been occupied by the Ming army. Li Yunya presided over Anmin affairs, and Zhu Youjian We met with several gentry and village elders, who are the more important old men in the Korean people. When they heard that the emperor standing in front of them was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, all the old men burst into tears and kowtowed endlessly. An interpreter explained that the old man Very excited, shouting long live.

From two to three thousand years ago, the Korean peninsula had a close relationship with the Central Plains. Most of the peninsula was once included in the territory of China. Later, it was a vassal state, enshrining China as its suzerain and accepting the canonization of the Chinese emperor. , learning the culture of the Central Plains in all aspects. Before the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty had resisted Japan and aided Korea, repelling the short but fierce Japanese invaders. The Koreans were very grateful to Daming.Now that North Korea has been devoured by the Manchus, in the hearts of the North Koreans, they still regard the Ming Dynasty as Zhengshuo and the Manchus as uncivilized barbarians, not to mention comparing it with the Ming Empire, the suzerain country, even in front of North Korea, which claims to be a small Confucianist. Barbarians.

Now that the Ming Dynasty finally sent troops to North Korea to help their country drive away the vicious and cruel enemies for the second time, how could the North Koreans not be moved, excited, and impulsive?

Zhu Youjian was also very happy to be so loved by foreign people. He personally helped many old men up and asked Wang Zhengnan to reward each with ten Chongzhen ingots. , but since it was rewarded by the Ming emperor, it is more advanced than the Korean king of his own country, and the value is naturally different. Even if it is real gold and silver, it cannot be spent.

At the same time that the entire territory of Korea was liberated, Kong Youde also led the main warships of the Manchurian Division into the Bohai Bay. First, he went to Tianjin Wei to have a look. It is equivalent to the throat of the Ming Dynasty. Once it is captured here, it will take less than half a day to go to Beijing. Later, the Opium War and the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing. He tried to fire two cannonballs, but before he got inside his artillery train, the cannons in the city had already fired, and the shells passed through the sail of one of his warships and hit the sea behind, scaring Kong Youde so much that he dared not fight any more. Hastily turned the rudder and turned around.

After discovering the warships of the Qing army, the defenders of Tianjin immediately sent a telegram to Beijing, and soon Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli gave instructions to all the ministries along the coast to guard carefully, and sent Wu Sangui to lead the Beijing camp to deploy defenses along the coast of Bohai Bay.

After Kong Youde left Tianjin, he didn't go north to cut Lu Xiangsheng's right flank as Duoduo ordered, but went south to Shandong, found two fishing villages by the sea, and killed all the people after landing. The things were loaded onto the boat, the heads were cut off, and when they got back, they were said to be evidence that they fought against the Ming army, and they won the battle!

Kong Youde massacred five villages one after another. He didn't leave any men, women, or children behind. Finally, he came to Dengzhou City. In the future, in front of Duoduo and even Huang Taiji, he can also make a military exploit, and it is said that he killed Lu Xiangsheng's army, so he really came to fight Dengzhou.

Dengzhou is located on the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, and together with Dalian in the north constitutes the gateway to the Bohai Sea. The Koreans escaped and arrived here first. Li Yunya also planned to increase military construction here, but the center of the empire was in the northwest. With the two war zones in the Northeast, secondly, the current warships have limited capabilities and cannot completely blockade the Bohai Sea, so the construction is limited, but even so, the city is full of cannons.

Hearing that the navy of the Qing army was coming, Mao Yuanyi, the guard of Denglai, ordered the soldiers not to shoot yet, and to silence their flags and drums, as if they were defenseless.

Seeing that the Ming army was unprepared, Kong Youde immediately divided the fleet into two parts. One part sailed directly to the gate of Dengzhou City near the sea, and the other half detoured to the other side, abandoned the boat and landed through the other gate, otherwise it would be forty or fifty If two large warships are crowded together, they will fetter themselves instead. As a result, when they were less than 50 meters away from the city gate, the top of the city suddenly fired. All the cannons were aimed at the warships behind, while the muskets and grenades were aimed at the gate Qing army.

The most shrewd thing about Mao Yuanyi is that he saw that there were not many people brought by Kong Youde, so he ordered the city gate not to be closed, and just opened the city gate wide, luring the Qing army to come forward, looking at the nearby city gate, the Qing army was beaten The first reaction was to speed up the pace and continue to charge. As long as you charge into the city, everything will be fine. As a result, you were beaten all over the ground and left without saying anything. Less than a third of the remnant soldiers rushed to the gate of the city, and suddenly came out of the city. Rows of Ming soldiers armed with guns burst out from the door, and the Qing soldiers immediately became frightened and turned around and ran away!

The Ming army then concealed and killed countless Qing troops. They also caught up with the ship and captured [-] intact warships, destroyed three with coastal defense artillery, and injured [-] ships. Kong Youde escaped in embarrassment with only eleven ships. Among them, four ships were damaged by shells, their sails were broken, or their decks were blown up. The speed of travel was slow, and many people were injured. After setting out to sea, these four ships were abandoned, and only seven ships left.

In this battle, thanks to Mao Yuanyi's effective command, the Ming army won a big victory. When the news reached the Ministry of National Defense, Sun Chengzong immediately ordered the two Sea Shark Guard formations that had just returned to Tianjin Port to immediately go to sea to pursue the remnants of the enemy, and the remnants of Kong Youde must be completely wiped out.

So far, this all-out Ming-Qing war has entered the most critical period. On the grasslands of Inner Mongolia in the west, Sun Chuanting successively defeated the two most powerful forces, Chahar and Horqin, and then swept more than a dozen Mongolian coalition forces, killing the regular Mongolian army and the Communist Party. More than 13 people, all the ministries scattered, some surrendered immediately, some fled to Mobei, some fled to Qinghai, and some ran to Liaoning to join forces with the Manchus. Sun Chuanting fought from Xilin Gol to Horqin, and then advanced to Tongliao One generation, threatened the Qing army in Liaoning, Jilin and other places from the northwest.

The right army occupied the entire territory of North Korea with [-] marines, wiped out more than [-] Qing troops led by Duoduo, and then crossed the Yalu River and rushed to Liaoyang and Shenyang from the southeast. The initial capital of the Later Jin Dynasty was Liaoyang. It was only moved to Shenyang, so these two places were the two most important cities in the Qing Dynasty.

The wings on the left and right sides have been cut off, forming a siege to Shenyang, the capital of the Qing Dynasty. The Ming army has a total of more than [-] horses, most of which are elite infantry equipped with muskets and artillery.

Huang Taiji is also a very shrewd military strategist. He saw the intention of the Ming army from the very beginning, so when he came up, he gathered the elites of the Eight Banners from all over the country, and took out all his family resources to fight head-on with Lu Xiangsheng. Like, let you come a few ways, I will only go all the way, first clench a fist and defeat your main force all the way.

It’s just that the fighting power of the Ming army today is far from what it used to be. Lu Xiangsheng deployed his troops along the Liaohe and Linghe rivers, and used the advantages of firearms and naval forces to fight piecemeal battles with the Qing army. The high mobility of the Eight Banners army could not be brought into play. The side seems to be a big net, they get into it lightly, they can't hit anyone, and they can't run if they want to run. There are artillery and musket-carrying Ming troops everywhere, or they line up along the river, or set up defenses on the high ground. The army fought for more than two months, and nearly 3 people were wiped out by the Ming army, but they still failed to fight the Ming army as they wished.

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