Even the North Koreans themselves did not expect that the time of the decisive battle would come so quickly.

Just when Zhao Qian met the envoy of the North Korean country, Xiang Yan and Wang Jian led 50,000 troops from the Han Dynasty and had already launched an attack on various cities in North Korea.

Since muskets and explosives can be said to exist as weapons that transcend the era, the attack of the Han army was very smooth.

In fact, as long as the Liaodong Peninsula is occupied, it will not be too difficult to continue attacking eastward.

From the Liaodong Peninsula to the east, you only need to cross a Yalu River to enter western North Korea. A relatively gentle area, Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, is located here.

What will really cause difficulties to the conquest of the army is actually the huge Changbai Mountains that extends to the east of the Korean Peninsula to the point where it is difficult to cross.

However, in the mountains of this era, there were actually some savages, and there were almost no traces of civilization. Therefore, just occupying the plains in the west was equivalent to actually ruling and conquering the Korean Peninsula.

Now all the cities of North Korea are basically located in the plains in the west. To a certain extent, this actually facilitates the conquest of the Han army.

Xiang Yan hugged her hands in front of her chest, and looked at the city in front of her calmly with a calm expression.

Less than a quarter of an hour passed before a shocking explosion. While the soldiers of the Han Dynasty used muskets to suppress the remaining Korean troops on the city walls to resist, they began to pour into the city through the huge gap.

Any general of the Han Dynasty who had a little bit of military knowledge could make the same judgment standing here, that is, the war was over.

Xiang Yan spoke to Wang Jian beside him and said, "It's really strange to say that the resistance of these Koreans is quite fierce. It seems that they have been driven to such a remote place by our Great Zhou Dynasty, but there are still some of the temperaments of the Great Shang Dynasty back then."

Wang Jian smiled and said, "Actually, although these Koreans are nominally descendants of the Shang Dynasty, general, think about it, the Korean country, which was known for its business back then, has long given up on business activities. In other words, they have long abandoned their ancestors' things."

Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "It seems that this is true."

Here we actually talk about the origin of the Shang Dynasty. Why are business people called merchants?

This is actually because the people of the Shang Dynasty were very good at doing business. So when they met people who did business, people often habitually called these people businessmen. Even if the Shang Dynasty had been destroyed for nearly a thousand years, such a title did not change because of this.

This also led to the fact that after the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty believed that the Shang Dynasty was just not doing its business and did not take into account the fundamental destruction of agriculture. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty had a very strict control over the business, and there were unwritten regulations on scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

However, with the continuous development of society, those vassal states located in the Central Plains and which were originally very convenient for business have gradually expanded their commercial economy in order to develop their national strength.

However, the Qin State, which has always been located in a remote place like Guanzhong and was originally inconvenient to do business, implemented the theory of the Zhou Dynasty rulers to the extreme, which led to the suppression of business by the Qin Dynasty in later generations.

As a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, the current Korean Kingdom had actually completely cut off commercial exchanges with the major vassal states in the Central Plains for a long time. From this point of view, it has indeed abandoned the ancestral business.

Xiang Yan thought of this and said with a smile: "If it is based on this theory, then these Koreans will be blessed, because as long as they become the instructions of our great Han Kingdom, they can do business freely in our great Han Kingdom."

Wang Jian laughed, not saying anything.

The general of the Han Dynasty looked over the city in front of him and looked towards the south.

According to the information sent back by the scouts of the Han Kingdom, about seventy or eighty miles south of the city was the capital of North Korea.

As long as the capital is captured, the North Korean country can be declared destruction.

You should know that from the start of the war to now, it has only been more than half a month.

It has conquered most of the land of North Korea in such a short time, and it is very likely that North Korea will be completely pacified within one month.

This is a very commendable speed even for such a powerful Han country today.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He remembered the meeting with Zhao Kuo several years ago.

At that time, Wang Jian was still a general of Qin, and at that time, Zhao Kuo was still Wu Xinjun of Zhao. But at that time, Zhao Kuo gave Wang Jian a world map and told Wang Jian that his real goal should not be the civil war between the Chinese, but the sea of ​​stars outside.

From that time on, Wang Jian was actually slowly moved by Zhao Kuo, which led to the surrender of the Han Kingdom and becoming a member of the Han Kingdom until now.

In fact, when choosing to join the Han Kingdom, although Wang Jian believed in his heart that the future described by Zhao Kuo would inevitably come, he felt that it should be something decades later.

But Wang Jian never expected that just a few years have passed, the Han Dynasty has expanded its power to Central Asia and has rushed towards the situation described by Zhao Kuo back then.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty once told me that one day we will conquer this world.

I didn’t expect that we had conquered such a vast world so quickly and were still moving forward quickly.”

After hearing Wang Jian's words, Xiang Yan laughed and nodded and said, "Who said no?"

I actually didn't expect that we would become so powerful so quickly.

If you open up the territory map of our great Han country now, you will find that whether it was the Qin State or the Chu State back then, it was completely worth mentioning for the vast territory of our great Han country.

You may even feel that the wars between the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period seemed to be the pediatrics of children playing houses, and you are still completely uninterested."

Wang Jian nodded and said in agreement: "You are right. General Xiang Yan, I do have this idea too."

In terms of territory, the current Han Kingdom is much larger than the previous seven heroes of the Warring States Period. From the perspective of the Han Kingdom, looking at the battle for hegemony in the Warring States Period, it really makes me feel like adults are watching children fight.

Xiang Yan took back his thoughts because at this time there was a shocking cheer from the city wall, and a red flag was rising slowly on the city wall.

This represents one thing, that is, the outer wall of this city has completely fallen into the control of the Han army. Considering the scale of this city, it is only inhabited by 20,000 to 30,000 people, so this basically means that the city has been completely occupied.

Xiang Yan let out a long sigh and smiled at Wang Jian beside him and said, "Let's occupy this city quickly and then continue to go south. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to catch up with us, so we have to work hard."

Wang Jian's eyes flashed slightly as he listened to Xiang Yan's words.

In fact, from Wang Jian's heart, he has matured a lot over the years and has begun to look at the problem from a political perspective.

For example, why did Your Majesty take the Prince to come as a military supervisor, and he started as a military supervisor for Wang Jian and Xiang Yan twice in a row?

Wang Jian felt that this might be a signal.

Wang Jian and Xiang Yan are undoubtedly powerful factions in the army.

There is a good future, but it is a little worse than the top position.

Zhao Qian said that as the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, he was also more than one person than ten thousand, but of course Zhao Qian was still one less than Zhao Kuo from the throne.

From this perspective, if Zhao Qian can establish a good relationship with Wang Jian and Xiang Yan at this time, then after Zhao Qian ascended the throne in the future, he can promote Wang Jian and Xiang Yan and become the supreme commander of the next generation of military generals of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, the unity between the monarch and the ministers and the replacement of the political arena of the Han Dynasty can be successfully completed.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian also made up his mind secretly. Maybe in a few days, he should have a good visit to the younger Prince.

...Five days later.

Zhao Qian stood at the bow of the boat and stared at the surging sea in front of him, his heart tides fluctuating.

The life on the boat for more than half a month has actually changed Zhao Qian a lot. His originally fair face is now a little dark, and his whole mental outlook is very different from before.

If Zhao Qian before was more like a flower in a greenhouse, then after experiencing more than half a month of life on the boat, Zhao Qian began to exude a very firm meaning.

Zhao Qian felt that he might have begun to fall in love with this kind of life at sea.

Wandering on the sea, free and unrestrained, going wherever you want, this kind of life is definitely a subversive change for Zhao Qian's past life.

It is precisely because of this that life on the ship attracted Zhao Qian so much. During these days, he did not simply stay on the ship, but took the initiative to go to every corner of the ship and learned in detail about every step of the operation of the Yuhuang warship under his feet.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Qian has become a relatively qualified warship commander now, and what he lacks is only some practical experience.

As for Zhao Zheng's words around Zhao Qian, the feeling is completely opposite.

The reason is actually very simple, mainly because Zhao Zheng has a big and small problem, that is, seasickness.

It is precisely because of this problem that Zhao Zheng spent most of his time lying in the room after getting on the boat and almost never went out.

This also made Zhao Qian feel a little regretful. After all, he really wanted to take Zhao Zheng on the sea to explore the world in the future.

At this moment, a naval general from the Han Kingdom walked up to Zhao Qian and said respectfully to Zhao Qian: "Your Highness, we are about to land."

After hearing this sentence, Zhao Qian subconsciously raised his head and stared at the east land.

After a few seconds, Zhao Qian said, "Pyongyang City is still a long way from the sea. What should we navy do?"

The navy general had obviously been confident and said to Zhao Qian: "We can go upstream along the Datong River and do not need to go far to reach Pyongyang City.

Moreover, the two generals Xiang Yan and Wang Jian have now controlled the Datong Riverkou, and we can soon see the men they sent to meet our fleet."

Zhao Qian nodded after hearing this and expressed his approval of the combat plan.

In fact, although Zhao Qian is the crown prince and is also a military supervisor, he is a very self-aware person. He does not interfere with these military affairs and only takes a bystander attitude, which is also considered as a student to study.

Sure enough, after a moment, when the vast army arrived at the dock at the mouth of Datong River, there was indeed a large Han army waiting here.

Then the fleet kept all the too huge Yuhuang warships here, and took other small and medium-sized boats together and continued to rush up the Datong River and head towards Pyongyang City.

Two days later, the navy and army of the Han Kingdom completed their meeting and completely surrounded Pyongyang City.

After another persuasion of surrender was rejected, Zhao Qian looked at Xiang Yan in front of him and said calmly: "All matters in war can be decided by the general, and there is no need to ask about my opinion."

What Xiang Yan wanted was Zhao Qian's words, so after receiving Zhao Qian's answer, Xiang Yan immediately issued an order.

"The whole army attacks and strives to take down this city today."

Although the entire North Korean country is concentrated in Pyongyang City, this amount of troops is obviously not enough to see in front of the army of the Han Dynasty.

After a fierce battle for most of the day, accompanied by a shocking sound of explosives, the western gate of Pyongyang City collapsed.

Then countless Han troops rushed into Pyongyang along the gap in the city gate, and shouts of killing sounded.

Zhao Qian looked at the scene in front of him and felt a sense of satisfaction vaguely in his heart.

Although Zhao Qian did not specifically participate in this military plan for North Korea, as a military supervisor, he witnessed the entire process of the Han Dynasty's destruction of North Korea.
Chapter completed!