December of the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty was destined to be an unusual winter, and this year was also the ninth year of Tiancong of the Later Jin Dynasty. In April of this year, Huang Taiji, the leader of the Later Jin Dynasty, obtained the imperial seal from the Mongolians. He was overjoyed and officially proclaimed himself emperor, established the Third Court of the Inner Court, changed the country's name to "The Qing Dynasty" and changed the era to Chongde. Therefore, for the Jurchens, the time after April should be the first year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty.

Since he became the emperor, he naturally had to publish a letter of nationality so that everyone in the world would know about this. The first thing Huang Taiji thought of was the neighboring country of Korea across Changbai Mountain.

He sent an envoy to North Korea to inform himself that he had become an emperor. The king of Korea was very proud of his face and immediately sent an envoy to visit him to express his congratulations. It was originally a very polite thing, but when the envoy paid homage to Huang Taiji, something went wrong.

The Korean envoy Rhodexian was a tough guy. He insisted on not kneeling down to Huang Taiji, and said with his neck that the two countries were equal diplomatic countries and that he came on behalf of the King of Korea. He did not make the King of Korea kneel to the equal Qing emperor.

Later Jin Amin and others were furious and pressed Rhodexian and other North Korean envoys to the ground and beat him up. Rhodexian was beaten to the point of being beaten, but he refused to admit defeat and refused to surrender.

Huang Taiji originally didn't like North Korea, which worshipped the Ming Dynasty as his father's country. Now that he came here, he immediately found a reason to find fault and was furious. On the second day of December, he sent 30,000 troops, claiming to be 100,000. He attacked North Korea and wanted the King of Korea to kneel down for himself in public.

North Korea was stunned now.

The King of Korea immediately divorced a letter and apologized in a low voice, but Huang Taiji didn't even look at it, retreated back intact, and the army continued.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the second day of the first lunar month of the second year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army captured the North Korean border city Yizhou, and divided into five teams, attacking the North Korean capital Pyongyang from the left and right wings.

The offensive was like a destruction, with almost no obstacle. On the 12th, the Gushan Guards surrendered. On the 13th, the King of Dingzhou was captured and massacred the city. On the 14th, the King of Korea Li Zong led his whole family to escape from Wangjing and fled into Nanhanshan City. On the 15th, the Qing army vanguards surrounded Nanhanshan City. At this point, North Korea's organized resistance was basically collapsed. Some of the king-supported soldiers who came from other places either wandered far away and dared not approach, or were eaten up by the Qing army's aid team, and the whole North Korea fell into chaos.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Dorgon led his army to Jianghua Island, arresting all the Korean royal concubines, princes and ministers who were taking refuge on the island, and sent them all to the prisoner-of-war camp. This gave the already desperate Korean king Li Zong a fatal blow. On the thirty days, he was in a green dress and surrendered, kneeled in public to Huang Taiji in front of the Qing general, presented the imperial seal rewarded by the Ming emperor, and signed a surrender treaty. From then on, he regarded the Qing Dynasty as the king, willing to be a vassal, went to the Ming Dynasty to be a title, and cut off all exchanges.

Zheng Zhilong arrived in Longyuan County, North Korea on the 24th day of the first lunar month.

What awaited him here was not only Wang Chengzu, the manager of the North Korean branch of China Ocean Shibu, but also Shen Zhixiang, the godson of Shen Shikui, the ward of Dongjiang Town of the Ming Dynasty.

The large lucky boat docked by the sea in Longyuan County. Zheng Zhilong, wearing cotton armor, strided away on the springboard. In the middle of winter, the weather was severely cold. Zheng Zhilong came from the south, and was wrapped in thick cotton coats and armor to resist the deep coldness.

Wang Chengzu followed him, and as soon as he met, Zheng Zhilong asked, "Where is Jiannu?"

"The spies reported yesterday that they had already advanced east of Dingzhou. The main force passed Kaicheng. The 300 pioneers probably arrived at the city of Wangjing at this moment. Because the Jiannu's offensive was too fierce, there was almost no stagnation along the way. The situation developed very quickly, and our spies could not keep up, so the latest news has not been paid off in time." Wang Chengzu replied, leading the horses brought by Zheng Zhilong to Longyuan City together.

"Is Jiannu so powerful?" Zheng Zhilong was shocked, and his feet were together, and the horse under his crotch ran: "Does the North Korean army have no defense?"

"Kannu is not greedy for a while and does not care too much about the towns along the way. He attacks straight along a highway from Yizhou, Anzhou, Kaicheng to Wangjing, so he progresses very quickly. The Korean defenders on this line either flee in sight or kneel down to surrender, and there are very few resistances, so that Jiannu approaches Wangjing almost at the speed of daily marching." Wang Chengzu sighed: "The official army of the North Korean country is even worse than the official army of the Ming Dynasty."

"It's extremely decay!" Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly, whipped his mount hard, and the horse ran faster.

Wang Chengzu chased and shouted, "Jin Liugang, the county magistrate of the right road of Huanghai, North Korea, came from Haizhou Prefecture in the east and was waiting in Longyuan City. His news is the most accurate. I'll ask him later!"

Zheng Zhilong in front of him cursed, and I don’t know who he was scolding. The group rode their horses across the flat ground by the sea and went straight into Longyuan City.

Dismounted in front of the North Korean semi-colon of China Ocean Shipping Store, Zheng Zhilong slammed in and saw Jin Liu with anxiety in front of the main hall. Shen Shikui's adopted son Shen Shixiang was with him.

Jin Liu didn't recognize Zheng Zhilong. He was shocked when he saw the mighty man with a majestic weapon in the dragon walking and tiger walking. Zheng Zhilong ignored him and sat directly in the upper position. Wang Chengzu rushed over to introduce him. Only then did Jin Liu realize that the person coming was the general of the Ming army who was rushing to help.

Jin Liu hurriedly bowed and bowed. Zheng Zhilong looked down on the cowardly person and didn't give him a good look. He hushed and said that he had returned the gift. It was Wang Chengzu who saw Jin Liu embarrassed and went over to bow and greet him before he could resolve it.

Jin Liu didn't care much about it anymore, so he started to scream when he sat down.

"My generals, we have to discuss a countermeasure immediately to deal with the army of the Emperor of Qing!" He looked in a panic and fearful look, and kept muttering: "I just came from Haizhou Prefecture where Lord Mu Shou guarded. There, Lord Mu Shouyin told us that the Qing army had broken Jianghua Island and captured the royal relatives and many ministers who fled there. The king discussed with the ministers trapped in Nanhan Mountain City last night and planned to surrender."

This news was like a thunder, which made everyone here stare at. No one expected that North Korea could not hold on for even a month and was about to surrender.

"It's too fast?" Shen Zhixiang frowned and said, "The soldiers and horses from all over the world are rushing to Wangjing in a steady stream. Nanhanshan City is also a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Isn't it too hasty to surrender if the king surrenders like this?"

"General Shen, don't know that Jianghua Island is not an ordinary place. It is an outlying island. It is blocked by the sea and cannot be attacked easily. During the Jisi Incident seven years ago, the Jianzhou soldiers also attacked Pyongyang. At that time, the king fled to Jianghua Island and escaped that disaster. This time they even captured Jianghua Island. It can be seen that the sea cannot stop the Jianzhou soldiers, and the king has no choice." Jin Liu said anxiously: "Actually, everyone knows that our country cannot stop the Jianzhou soldiers at all. Just imagine, even the Ming Dynasty official army could not stop the Jianzhou soldiers and lost Liaodong. How can our small country resist?"

"It is a matter of ability. Whether to resist or not is a matter of attitude. The king is the lord of a country. How can he surrender the country rashly?" Shen Shixiang shook his head. Wang Chengzu and Zheng Zhilong did not speak, but from his expression, it can be seen that he looked down on the surrender of the Korean king very much.

Jin Liu's face turned slightly red, and she patted her thighs and said, "I don't want to resist, but if the resistance fails, it will be a disaster for the destruction of the country. If you surrender, at least you are still there, and you can plan for the future."

"Since that's the case, then our trip will be in vain." Zheng Zhilong whispered the cloak on his body and said calmly: "Originally, he would rush to North Korea under the order of the court to aid Korea and work with Dongjiang Town to help you sweep away the Jianzhou troops, but you North Korea hurriedly wanted to surrender. It would be better if we didn't take this reinforcement."

He stood up and planned to walk out.

But Jin Liu looked at him and said, "General Zheng, you can't leave."

Zheng Zhilong paused and sneered: "All surrenders, why are you still leaving reinforcements?"

"We North Korea surrendered, but you don't, Dongjiang Town does not." Jin Liu looked at Shen Zhixiang again: "The surrender ceremony presented by the king was retreated by the Qing army because it did not state that it would cut off all contacts with the Ming Dynasty. He heard from the messenger who sent the message that the Qing army planned to solve the problems in the rear once and for all, and wanted to clean up Dongjiang Town."

Shen Zhixiang's face turned pale and he stood up.

"Jiannu wants to attack Dongjiang Town?" Wang Chengzu asked in surprise: "When will they send troops?"

"It should be after Wang Jing rescued the siege." Jin Liu said: "So, generals, please discuss a countermeasure quickly. Although Boss Wang, your territory is not from Dongjiang Town, the last attack on Yizhou Fortress had already made the Jianzhou soldiers hold you a grudge. This time, I will inevitably suffer from the disaster of the fish in the pond. My left road in Huanghai will also be harmed."

Shen Zhixiang pressed the table and said hurriedly: "I will rush back to Dongjiang Town immediately to report this to my father, so beware of it."

"There is a barrier between Dongjiang Town. This is not the first time Jiannu has attacked. It's not a big problem. However, this time Jiannu's soldiers are very strong, so you need to make more preparations." Wang Chengzu said in a deep voice: "The danger is that we, Longyuan County has no danger to defend, and one horse is flat, General Zheng, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? The generals come to block the water and cover the soil!" Zheng Zhilong turned around and slapped the door frame: "Jiannu is not three heads and six arms. We came from across the ocean and withdrew the troops without a single arrow. It would be too timid. After all, we have to fight a war. Our Yizhou army went on an expedition to Japan and Nanyang, and was not defeated. Are we afraid of just Jiannu?"
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