Ming Zuo

Chapter 871 Nanhan Mountain City
Li Jing had the opportunity to withdraw to Jianghua Island.

It's a pity that I can't bear to part with the pots and pans, and I wasted time packing up.But he had to abide by the feudal etiquette rigidly, so he missed the last chance.

Ganghwa Island is located in the northwest of Hanyang, which is north of the mouth of the Han River.

If you go through the west gate, you may be able to go there before Hauge.

Who told Li Ji to be the king, he could only go through Sungrye Gate (South Gate), and it would be too late to go back.

Hearing that the Qing army was approaching Hongjiyuan, the Korean monarchs and ministers were in chaos.

Cui Mingji was still calm, and quickly suggested: "Your Highness, for the present plan, we have to go to Nanhan Mountain City to take refuge first."

Li Jing had already panicked. At this time, someone came up with an idea, so he had to follow it.

He still has concerns.

"If the barbarians come after them, how should we resist them?"

Cui Mingji was quite powerless, after thinking for a while, he volunteered and said: "Please allow me to be an envoy to see General Mafuda (Mafuta's name in North Korea) to ease the situation."

Seeing that Cui Mingji was willing to take risks alone and take this strategy of delaying the army, Li Zhen was very moved.

"Qing Guo is a minister of great strength."

At the critical juncture, Cui Mingji didn't feel much about Li Zhen's praise.

He found Du Chengzhi Li Jingji, and brought good wine and food all the way to find the Qing army, just hoping to hold back Hauge's advance.

As for Li Zhen and the others, at this moment they finally realized that they couldn't afford to delay, and hurriedly retreated all the way to Nanhan Mountain City.

In fact, the North Korean monarchs and ministers are a bit unfounded.

After hitting the edge of Hanyang, Hauge had no strength to go any further.

He had a total of more than a thousand soldiers and horses at hand, no matter how reckless he was, he would not dare to attack Hanyang rashly.

In case of not winning the battle and losing the battle, it would be difficult to explain to Huang Taiji.

Anyway, they made great strides along the way and pushed directly to the outskirts of Hanyang, and their combat achievements are considered outstanding.

Hauge was stationed at Hongjiyuan, while waiting for Yangguli's reinforcements.

How could Hauge condescend when the North Korean envoy came to ask for an audience?Therefore, Ma Futa, as a representative of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, received Cui Mingji and his wife.

"If you want to negotiate a peace, send your king's younger brother and ministers over."

Mafuta put forward conditions.

Cui Mingji and Li Jingji looked at each other, feeling sad.

But seeing the murderous Qing army, the two had no capital to defend, so they stayed in the Qing camp overnight, and rushed back to Nanhan Mountain City the next day in the wind and snow.

During this day's time, farce was still going on in Nanhan Mountain City.

As soon as Li Zhen settled down in the city, Jin Shangxian approached him.

"Your Highness, Nanhan Mountain City is a dead place, not a long-term plan. I implore Your Highness to move to Jianghua Island and use the natural dangers of the waters to fight against the barbarians."

In fairness, Kim Sang-heon's suggestion is really not random.

Although Nanhan Mountain City has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city is too small to accommodate too many people.

When the city was first built, it had a capacity of only [-] people.But now, with the relocation of the Korean royal court and the center, plus the guards and horses, there are more than [-] people.

This has left many people without homes to live in.

In desperation, the officials gave full play to their superior and ugly faces, and even let the recruited soldiers suffer on the edge of the city wall.

In the cold winter season, the soldiers were exposed to the outdoors for such a long time with thin clothes and uncovered hands and feet. One can imagine how they felt.

If Li Jing could really go to Jianghua Island and use the barrier of the strait to defend, it might really cause a lot of trouble for the Qing army.

After all, the Qing army was not good at water warfare.

Moreover, where Li Zhenxing is, there must be a large number of guards and soldiers.North Korea's navy can also be easily mobilized and deployed, and its defense is much better than that of the lonely mountain city of Namhan.

In addition, North Korea has an advantage in water, so it can mobilize food and grass from everywhere, avoiding a supply crisis, and can deal with the Qing army more calmly.

It's not that Li Jing doesn't understand this truth.

He is also determined to go to Ganghwa Island.

As a result, as soon as the team left the city the next day, they encountered severe wind and snow.

After less than thirty miles, Li Jing couldn't bear the bumps and cold, and ordered to return on the spot.

Jin Shangxian stood in the snow, watching Li Zhen's team retreating hastily, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

With such a king, how can he talk about fighting against foreign humiliation?
So far, the North Korean monarchs and ministers have lost the last chance to turn the tide of the war, and they all huddled in the Namhan Mountain City and lingered on their last legs.

When Cui Mingji returned and reported the conditions of the Qing army, Li Zhen was extremely reluctant.

He's quite a showman.

"Ask Lord Lingfeng, would you share your worries?"

The ministers were dumbfounded, but they readily accepted it.

Lord Lingfeng Li Cheng is the great-grandson of Lord Yongyang Li Jie. Hearing this title, he knows that he has no close relationship with the royal family.

Usually such a person, Li Jing would never have imagined.Now that there is a crisis, I immediately remember that this is my relative, and I can support the tank.

When Li Cheng learned that he was going to pretend to be the royal family and go to the Qing camp as a hostage, although he was very scared and at the same time very jealous of Li Jing, he couldn't refuse.

The king brother and ministers that Mafuta asked for, now that there is a "king brother", there needs to be a "minister" on top.

This minister refers to an important minister at the political level.

The North Korean monarchs obviously didn't want to agree, and felt that losing their power and humiliating the country.There was a lot of games in the court, and in the end, Shen Jian, the judge of Cao Cao, became the victim.

The two men were sent to the Qing camp, and Mafuta was very suspicious of them.

Holding the handle of the knife, he paced up to Shen Ji.

"Are you... really a minister?"

Kneeling on the ground, feeling the bloody smell of Mafuta above his neck, Shen Jian was so frightened that he trembled, but he couldn't say a word.

This made Mafuta even more suspicious.

After thinking about it, he ordered someone to bring Pu Lanying over.

"These two are the younger brother and the minister?"

Although Pu Lanying didn't know what happened, seeing this scene, what else didn't she understand?
"General, it is the younger brother and minister."

Mafuta leaned close to him and said with a grin, "You lied to me."

Pu Lanying stood upright, neither humble nor overbearing.

"It's indeed the prince and the minister."

Mafuta nodded slightly, as if he believed his words.

Just when Park Lanying breathed a sigh of relief, Mafuta suddenly changed the topic.

"Where is Mr. Guanghai?"

Pu Lanying shuddered on the spot, her thoughts turned, and she suddenly understood Mafuta's intentions.

The Qing army wanted to find Lord Guanghai to replace Li Yu as the lord of the country.

He chattered hastily.

"The invalid is far away on an island thousands of miles away, and he may have died."

Mafuta sneered.

"Gwanghae-kun is not dead yet, is he?"

Pu Lanying is not easy to be upset, regretting that she has not done enough to cultivate her character, and was found by Ma Futa.

The only thing I can pray for now is that the Qing army doesn't know where Mr. Guanghai is.

Otherwise, once Lord Gwanghae falls into the hands of the Qing army, the Korean kingship will change, and there will be no day to turn around.

(End of this chapter)